Arizona Plague Victim Dies

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Arizona resident dies of confirmed plague infection. What to know

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Arizona patient died of pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection.

The patient contracted the disease after interacting with an infected dead animal.

An average of seven human plague cases are reported each year in the U.S. Plague is the same illness that killed millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages .

The risk to the public remains low, health officials say.

Patients develop fever, headache, weakness and pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough and sometimes bloody or watery mucus. To avoid contracting the disease, county officials suggest staying away from wild animals; using veterinarian-approved flea treatments on pets; removing brush, rock piles, trash, and lumber from around homes and outbuildings; and avoiding campsites next to rodent burrows. Saleen Martin is a reporter on USA TODAY's NOW team. She is from Norfolk , Virginia the 757 . Email her at sdmartin@usatoday.com..

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