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Despite its deadly history, plague infection is serious but rarely fatal in modern times \nA squirrel infected with plague bacteria prompted the closure of popular campgrounds in the Angeles National Forest on Wednesday, according to Los Angeles County health officials.<\/p>\n Officials with the county and the U.S. Forest Service closed the Broken Blade, Twisted Arrow and Pima Loops areas of the Table Mountain Campgrounds near Wrightwood, a small mountain town northeast of Los Angeles. The squirrel tested positive Tuesday.<\/p>\n The plague disease spreads to humans through bites from infected fleas. And though the infection had once been called the \u201cBlack Death\u201d because it killed millions before the advent of antibiotics, infections today in the U.S. are rare and usually not fatal.<\/a><\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n <!– <\/p>\n –><\/p>\n This article was posted: Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 9:41 am<\/p>\n Tags: environment<\/a>, health<\/a>, pharmaceutical<\/a>, science<\/a>, vaccines<\/a><\/p>\n
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