Squirrel Tests Positive for Plague

For the third time this year, a blood sample from a ground squirrel in San Diego County has tested positive for plague, the county Department of Environmental Health reported.

SAN DIEGO – For the third time this year, a blood sample from a ground squirrel in San Diego County has tested positive for plague, the county Department of Environmental Health reported Wednesday.

The positive finding came from a squirrel at the Doane Valley Campground on Palomar Mountain, the same place where the other cases were discovered.
 
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