State health officials say a Santa Fe County woman's death was the result of the plague. Tests confirmed the 52-year-old woman died from the disease, making her the first human case of plague in the state this year.
The woman died last week after also contracting pneumonia.
State Epidemiologist Mike Landen says officials found no obvious source of the bacteria that causes plague at her home.
Officials are not releasing the victim's name or where she lived.
Plague is a bacterial disease from rodents that is typically transmitted to people through bites from inflected fleas or direct contact with infected animals.
Symptoms include sudden fever, chills, headache and weakness.
There were two human plague cases in New Mexico last year.
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