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Sierra Jane Downing, a 7-year-old Colorado girl, just survived a battle with a deadly disease that is extremely rare these days, but once wiped out more than a third of medieval Europe: The bubonic plague, or Black Death.. The girl was saved by a quick-thinking doctor at Denver's Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children.
Yes, but it's very, very rare. Worldwide, there are 1,000 to 3,000 cases a year, usually in Africa, Asia, and South America. There are 10 to 15 cases in the U.S. every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It usually hits in parts of California, northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, or southern Colorado, where the Downing family lives. Still, doctors were caught by surprise by Sierra Jane's sudden illness â there hadn't been a confirmed case of bubonic plague in Colorado since 2006.