Editing Pneumonic plague (section)

===United States===
In the fall of 1924, an [[1924 Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak|outbreak occurred in Los Angeles]]<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-409527-4.00007-9 |chapter=Biology and Diseases of Other Rodents |title=Laboratory Animal Medicine |date=2015 |last1=Donnelly |first1=Thomas M. |last2=Bergin |first2=Ingrid |last3=Ihrig |first3=Melanie |pages=285–349 |isbn=978-0-12-409527-4 }}</ref> that killed 30 people.

On 2 November 2007, wildlife biologist Eric York died of pneumonic plague in [[Grand Canyon National Park]]. York was exposed to the bacteria while conducting a [[Autopsy|necropsy]] on a [[cougar]] carcass.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-21-plague-grand-canyon_N.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419094629/http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-21-plague-grand-canyon_N.htm|url-status=dead|title=Plague emerges in Grand Canyon, kills biologist |website=USAToday.com|archive-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>

In 2014, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment confirmed that a Colorado man had been diagnosed with pneumonic plague, the first confirmed human case in Colorado in more than 10 years, and one of only 60 cases since 1957. The man was found to have the disease after the family dog died unexpectedly and a [[necropsy]] revealed that the disease was the cause.<ref>Coffman, Keith. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-colorado-plague/man-diagnosed-with-rare-pneumonic-plague-in-colorado-idUSKBN0FF01720140710 Man diagnosed with rare pneumonic plague in Colorado], Reuters (9 July 2014).</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kaplan|first=Sarah|title=A Colorado pit bull infected humans with the plague|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/01/a-colorado-pit-bull-infected-humans-with-the-plague/|access-date=21 September 2020|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Three additional pneumonic plague cases were confirmed in Colorado before the outbreak ended.<ref>Basak, Sonali; Oldham, Jennifer. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-18/four-cases-of-life-threatening-plague-found-in-colorado.html Four Cases of Life-Threatening Plague Found in Colorado] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114071830/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-18/four-cases-of-life-threatening-plague-found-in-colorado.html |date=14 January 2015 }}, ''Bloomberg'', 19 July 2014. Accessed 4 November 2014.</ref>