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This photograph depicts the shaved anterior thoracoabdominal region of a rock squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, formerly known as Citellus variegatus, which is afflicted with the plague. See PHIL 14296, and 17764, for another view of this plague-infected rock squirrel. This squirrel is displaying a petechial rash, which is similar in appearance to those found on humans, also afflicted with Yersinia pestis. A petechial rash refers to small, pinpoint, flat lesions of the skin and mucous membranes that are associated with hemorrhages beneath the skin surface.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ William Archibald; Laboratory/ Ft. Collins
Creation Date: 1977
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