A previous version of this story incorrectly stated when plague was first introduced to the U.S. Plague first occurred in the U.S. in 1900. A Northern Arizona patient died this week after becoming infected with a severe form of plague,

A northern Arizona resident died from the pneumonic plague, local health officials said. The person arrived at the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department on Friday and died there the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare said in a statement. They are the first to die from the plague since 2007.