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Show Plague case in Wyoming A veteranian's assistant in Cheyenne, Wyoming, has contracted pneumonic plague-apparently plague-apparently from a cat that later died in the first reported case in the United States this year, according to health officials. The woman was recovering in a Chevenne hospital. Cats, especially those that come in contact with rodents, are very susceptible to the disease, according to the chief of the state Division of Health and Medical Services. Four other cases of plague have surfaced this year in Texas, Nevada and Arizona all bubonic plague. Pneumonic plague is more easily transmitted becuse it can be carried on airborne particles of water, said Dr. Allan Barnes of the Plague Laboratory at the Center for Disease Control, Ft. Collins, Colo. The Cheyenne woman became ill about six days after contact and was hospitalized after becoming stuporous, said Dr. Barnes. Symptons are fever, headaches and swollen glands. |