Story highlights A resident of Marquette County, Michigan, has bubonic plague, the state health agency reports

It's one of 14 such plague cases this year in the U.S.; there are typically seven each year, CDC says

Most all U.S. plague cases are in the West; the Michigan resident recently came back from Colorado

(CNN) Another American has come down with the plague -- and this time, they're not out West.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that a person in that state had the bubonic plague, one of what is now 14 such cases reported nationwide in 2015.

The affected resident is from Marquette County, which is in northern Michigan along Lake Superior. But the resident didn't necessarily contract the disease in Michigan. The state agency noted he or she "recently returned from Colorado in an area with reported plague activity."

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Colorado has been hit hardest by the plague this year. A teenager in Larimer County and an adult in Pueblo County died from the disease.

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