Oregon [US], February 11 (ANI): The Oregon state of the US reported its first human case of bubonic plague in nearly a decade, the New York Post reported on Saturday, adding that the patient was likely infected by their cat. According to the report, contracting the bubonic plague is extremely rare in the US, with an average of 5 to 15 cases occurring each year in the West, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The disease is typically found in rural to semi-rural areas where wild rodents are more common. The infected person was identified as a ‘local resident’ of Deschut…