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From: Plague
Red Book® 2015, 2015
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This photograph shows a ground squirrel that died due to a plague infection, Yersinia pestis. Field rodents, such as western ground squirrels and prairie dogs, may be a threat when their burrows are beside labor camps and residential areas because they and their fleas are carriers of the plague bacteria. Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date of download: 1/2/2018
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