An image of a blood smear from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows Y. pestis organisms, the small, safety-pin-like stains. Y. pestis causes plague. (CDC/Dr. Jack Poland)
Bern. Co. girl recovering from plague
A 16-month-old Bernalillo County girl is recovering from plague, the county's first human case this year and the state's fifth, according to the Albuquerque Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Disease Division.

















