Cat or Dog Ownership and Seroprevalence of Ehrlichiosis, Q Fever, and Cat-Scratch Disease
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Cat or Dog Ownership and Seroprevalence of Ehrlichiosis, Q Fever, and Cat-Scratch Disease
K pet cats and dogs is very popular in Austria. However, these animals can serve as reservoirs for the agents of important bacterial infectious diseases and as a potential source of infection for humans, even though the infectious animals may be asymptomatic. Infections are potentially transmitted from domestic animals to humans by scratches, bites, or close contact. Examples for such infection...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid0910.030206