Plague -- United States
Adams / 4
Archuleta / 1
Boulder / 1
Denver / 3
Grand / 1
La Plata / 9
Larimer / 1
Mesa / 1
Pueblo / 1
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Total / 22
In 2004, a Pueblo man died of the plague after hunting near Breckenridge. One of the deadliest years nationally for plague came in 2015, when 4 people died, including 2 Coloradans: an adult in Pueblo County and a teenager in Larimer County.
The plague is caused by a bacterium, _Yersinia pestis_, and is usually transmitted to humans through an
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8507759&promed&0
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