Overview

• The resident is recovering at home under medical care, according to El Dorado County officials.
• Authorities are investigating the exposure, and neither the patient’s identity nor the specific form of plague has been disclosed.
• This is the county’s first reported human case since 2020, and early antibiotic treatment is typically effective.
• Surveillance identified 41 rodents exposed to Yersinia pestis from 2021–2024 and four additional positives in 2025, all in the Tahoe Basin.
• Public guidance urges avoiding wild rodents, leashing pets with flea control, and using long pants and DEET-based repellents when outdoors.