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(118,638 posts) Sat Nov 22, 2014, 11:16 PM Nov 2014

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Madagascar has had 40 people killed by the plague since August. You catch it from rodents and fleas (Original Post) applegrove Nov 2014 OP

*fleas GusBob Nov 2014 #1

Thanks. applegrove Nov 2014 #2

An average of two dozen people a year catch it here in the U.S. hobbit709 Nov 2014 #3

It's more or less endemic here in New Mexico, at least to the extent SheilaT Nov 2014 #4

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1. *fleas

Sat Nov 22, 2014, 11:19 PM

Nov 2014

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2. Thanks.

Sat Nov 22, 2014, 11:20 PM

Nov 2014

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3. An average of two dozen people a year catch it here in the U.S.

Sat Nov 22, 2014, 11:29 PM

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with several fatalities.

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4. It's more or less endemic here in New Mexico, at least to the extent

Sat Nov 22, 2014, 11:33 PM

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where we usually have two or three cases every year. Luckily, it's not all that common, and with treatment I believe most people survive.

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5. Did not know that. They did say that the health care situation in Madagascar was adding to the