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Welcome, Your AccountLog OutHealth officials have confirmed a case of plague at South Lake Tahoe - the first in California in five years. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- Health officials have confirmed a case of plague at South Lake Tahoe - the first in California in five years.El Dorado County officials said Monday the California Department of Public Health notified them of the positive test of a local resident who is under medical care while recovering at home.Plague bacteria are most often transmitted by fleas that have acquired it from infected squirrels, chipmunks and other wild rodents.What is the plague and how dangerous is it?Health officials believe the South Tahoe resident may have been bitten by an infected flea while walking a dog along the Truckee River corridor or in the Tahoe Keys area on Tahoe's south shore.In 2015, a child contracted the plague while camping at Yosemite National Park. Prior to that, the last case in California was in 2006.RELATED: From 2015 -Related topics:Copyright © 2020 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.More Videos From CNN Newsource affiliatesTOP STORIES

Welcome, Your AccountLog OutHealth officials have confirmed a case of plague at South Lake Tahoe - the first in California in five years. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- Health officials have confirmed a case of plague at South Lake Tahoe - the first in California in five years.El Dorado County officials said Monday the California Department of Public Health notified them of the positive test of a local resident who is under medical care while recovering at home.Plague bacteria are most often transmitted by fleas that have acquired it from infected squirrels, chipmunks and other wild...

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