The patient from Georgia, who likely contracted plague while hiking in California’s Yosemite National Park, is hospitalized and being treated with antibiotics, and is expected to make a full recovery.
Yersinia pestis infection has not been confirmed as of this writing and the Georgia Public Health Laboratory (GPHL) and the CDC are busy analyzing the samples.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) notes that plague is not endemic in Georgia but it does occur throughout the Western United States.
Currently, there is an investigation into plague infected animals in Yosemite National Park, Sierra National Forest, and surrounding areas and preventive measures are being taken to reduce the risk of plague transmission. One human case of plague has been confirmed in California.
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