Plague — Peru
Officials in La Libertad, Peru are carrying out a fumigation campaign in the District Municipality of Chocope, Ascope province, after the presence of the agent of plague, _Yersinia pestis_, was confirmed in fleas found on sewer rodents, according to a El Comercio report (computer translated). In addition, the National Institute of Health (INS) issued a report stating that in a sample extracted in the sector known as Panamericana Norte, in Chocope, “18 percent of fleas in sewer rodents are
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