Show bubonic pla plague 9 ue OU animals bacillus posits tile the disease germ geral which causes bubonic plague lu in bunian lini iian beings and plague lit in rodents lias has licen been isolated Isola teil from froin taken from two ground squirrels one half mile east cost of morgan utah according to information released today by dr J L jones state health commissioner the material was taken inken in ill a rou tine thie survey which Is now in pro kirss liy by the nid aid of it 11 mobile lab oratory operated by the state board of health dr 0 it eskey medical officer lit in charge of plague suppressive measures fit at tile the united public health service laboratory at san francisco isolated the the disease gerins goi ins from the material sent to ill him by the DIvit division lon of public health Laborn laboratories utah state hoard board of health dr tones jones said this finding should give no cause for alarm but should serve as a warning to utah residents not to handle wild rodents the disease usually Is transmitted to human beings through the lie bite bile of a flea from an all infected rodent bubonic plague cannot be transmitted from one human being to another although plague can I 1 the survey which discovered tills this further evidence of plague Is 1 a I continuation of the survey which began last sui summer niner with the ald aid of the united states public health service following the discovery of bubonic IIII ollic plague lit in rodents and fleas in Be beaver averi devler and garfield counties the ex istance of bubonic plague in ili utah was first discovered in little june 1029 when a small boy while playing lit in B beaver e av er canyon was bitten by a captured ground squirrel and subsequently developed bubonic plague the survey began this year in ili washington county early in adill N no 0 evidence of the plague was found lit in that vicinity other counties surveyed during dm ing the summer with negative results have bave been awen san juan grand emery carbon duchesne uintah wasatch summit cache rich and box elder indications of plague were fir first st disco discovered verea lit in I 1 morgan county car early ly in august A re chock of this area within the alie last week confirmed positive results utah county has been surveyed nit lint results are arc not yet available other oilier counties which ire yet to ile be surveyed by tile the mobile labor ettory of the hie utah butali state sta te board of health are juab sanpete San pete sevier ollile garfield nazie iron beaver an mallard lard mr r 13 11 Brain bramhall hall director of the division of public afen ifen ith lai lab oratories of ill the state board of health who is lit in general charge of if tile the survey in fit tills this state is maintaining very close contact with the united states public health service its as lire arc ills hta assist anta who operate tile mobile lab iab orl tory mr noall walter of sait salt lake city a student of Bac bacteria teri tit nt the university of utah and mr 10 I 1 L I 1 stewart siewart jr of LO gnu gall who is waster master of science and bacteriology front from tile lie state agricultural college |