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KellyH wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6939362/ Sorry I didn't quote the text, it was hard to grab with all the graphics. Why does the headline have to say "Cat Box Infection"? I'm guessing the woman got it from the undercooked eggs. This issue really gets to me, as a pregnant woman with 6 cats. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net "Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG ITA - notice her daughter is 17. I doubt 17 years ago that people were as aware as we are now. What gets me are the people who eat steak tartare, carpaccio, etc. Nothin' like asking for a dose of parasites. -L. |
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Elizabeth Blake wrote: "Joe Canuck" wrote in message ... KellyH wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6939362/ Sorry I didn't quote the text, it was hard to grab with all the graphics. Why does the headline have to say "Cat Box Infection"? I'm guessing the woman got it from the undercooked eggs. This issue really gets to me, as a pregnant woman with 6 cats. The headline actually said: "Prenatal testing urged for 'cat box' infection" With the next line being: "Toxoplasmosis can cause blindness, brain damage in newborns" And yes, it might "get to you" if you are not careful. Note I said *might*. In the article there's a Q&A box at the bottom. The last question is "Can I keep my cat?" and the Answer box has some very good guidelines that probably seem very obvious to most people. But nowhere does it blame the cat or say anything to cause panic. I know plenty of pregnant women who had cats and nothing happened to any of them, including a single mother who didn't have anyone to clean the cat box for her. -- Liz The point is, half of the reported cases of tox are food-borne, *not* transmitted from cats. Being that another percentage are congenital, cats contribute to less than half of the cases; it would be more accurate to label it a "food-borne" illness. It is the third most common cause of food-borne illness resulting in death. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4902a5.htm -L. |
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