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What diseases of cats and dogs can be transmitted to humans?
Parasitic and protozoal infections can be transmitted by cats and dogs living in your home very often. Even if the cat does not go for a walk outside, and the dog walks under your supervision, there is a possibility of transferring the infection from the street to the house, then into the pet's body and further into the human body.
This transmission scheme takes place as follows: while walking a pet on the street, you are not insured against the moment when a homeless sick animal walked in this very place, and viruses, bacteria, parasites, protozoa, fungi, along with dust, fall on the paws of the pet, its fur, and when licking - and into the digestive tract. And now you have a ready-made carrier of infection on a leash, regardless of whether you bathe him after a walk or wash his paws.
As for domestic cats and small dogs that do not walk outside your home, you can become a carrier of the infection yourself, coming from the street and bringing the remains of feces and dust on your shoes, which contain harmful and dangerous microorganisms. It is enough for an animal to walk or lie on the entrance mat, and it will be quite capable of becoming a carrier of a dangerous disease, which will be transmitted to you.
No one is safe from the transfer of harmful infectious microorganisms and parasites into the house. Disinfection measures may not always prevent your pet from becoming infected in your household and from spreading the infection from it to humans. Almost any bacterial, viral, protozoal or parasitic infection that causes disease in cats and dogs can be transmitted to humans.
What diseases can be brought into the house from the street: ringworm, leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, tick-borne encephalitis, scabies, rabies, jaundice, helminths, dysentery.
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