Plague — United States
Kassem AM, Tengelsen L, Atkins B, et al:
In May 2015, _Yersinia pestis_, the bacterium that causes plague, was identified in dead Piute ground squirrels (_Urocitellus mollis_) reported through the Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s wildlife mortality monitoring program; in June 2015, the Idaho Division of Public Health (DPH) sent an advisory to veterinarians in 4 southwestern Idaho counties requesting that they notify their local public health officials of suspected plague in animals. _Y.
…
