Camping area shut down by plague.

From: The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) | Date: May 16, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Christopher Smart

May 16--An outbreak of bubonic plague among field mice and chipmunks has forced officials to close the campground at southeast Utah's popular Natural Bridges National Monument.

Plague also has turned up in rodent populations this spring at Mesa Verde National Park and Colorado National Monument.

No humans have been infected in this latest outbreak.

An average of 18 cases involving humans are reported each year in the United States, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Statistically, one in seven of those ...

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