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    Details of this species in Los Angeles
    Status: Alien
    Invasiveness: Invasive
    Occurrence: Reported
    Source: Adjemian et al. 2007
    Arrival Date:
    Introduction: Unknown
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    Pathogenic: From the first reports of plague in San Francisco in 1900 "successive outbreaks of varying sizes occurred in urban areas along the Pacific coast, including San Francisco, Seattle, Oakland, and Los Angeles until 1925, resulting in at least 494 human cases and a case-fatality rate of more than 50% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, unpublished data in Adjemian et al. 2007)
    Last Modified: 19/02/2010 2:39:35 p.m.
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