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It began in Italy, but killed mostly in Europe, France especially

>addendum: currently, its considered a pandemic around the world, but with modern hygiene, there are comparatively few cases.

the Bubonic Plague is most likely to occur in areas with extensive infestation of pest species, eg lots of rodents, which serve as a reservoir for the bacteria that causes the plague (Yersinia pestis).

the CDC has records of cases of the plague in the United States with most of the confirmed cases focusing in the western states. There have been studies of prairie dog family group exterminations as a result of Y. pestis infection in the western states, although there are very few clinical presentations of Bubonic plague in humans.

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