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A furry dilemma: Sleep with your pet, risk catching his bugsCuddling with pets puts you at risk of catching some icky bugs, warns a report published in the February issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the public health journal of the Centers for Disease Control. Some pet owners sleep in bed with their animals as a “source of psychological comfort,” but the report warns that “pets can bring a wide range of zoonotic pathogens into our environment.” Zoonotic pathogens are infectious agents that can be transmitted between animal and humans. We'll just call them icky bugs. |
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