[per loin]

Health officials believe the couple became infected near their home in Santa Fe, N.M., before they arrived in New York on Nov. 1, said Llelwyn Grant, a spokesman for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The 53-year-old man and 47-year-old woman showed up at a New York hospital Tuesday, [Nov 5]

So they were in NY for four days before going to the hospital. Incubation period is usually 2 - 6 days, so if they caught it in NM, they caught it just before leaving. Interesting.

[per loin]

From the Santa Fe New Mexican:

a dead rat and some fleas taken from their property tested positive for the disease in July - the only case in which bubonic plague was found in rodents this year. Health officials in New York reported the couple had recently slept in sleeping bags that were left outdoors, according to the Daily News.

"When they showed up at the emergency room in New York City, they were able to say, 'Hey, we think we might have plague,'