[MplsSteve]

Here's an interesting link from the CDC that you might like. It's a synopsis of what the plague is all about.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/info.htm

[birbear]

From your site: Under Diagnosis -- "This finding, accompanied with fever, extreme exhaustion, and a history of possible exposure to rodents, rodent fleas, wild rabbits, or sick or dead carnivores should lead to suspicion of plague."

There's a joke about Democrats somewhere in there... I'm just too tired to figure it out.

[nina0113]

What the CDC web article doesn't mention is how the plague got to America in the first place - Chinese railroad workers brought it over in the 19th century. The yersinia pestis infected fleas spread to the native rodents and created a reservoir in the American Southwest. There are two other reservoirs of plague on Earth; one in Africa, one in Asia.

I got that information from the CDC years ago when I wrote them after seeing a filler article in a newspaper. I had had no idea that bubonic plague had come to America at all. They were kind enough to send me a large package of printed documents.