Puppies in pet stores appear to have transmitted a dangerous, antibiotic-resistant germ that's sickened 30 people across 13 states, the CDC warned on Tuesday.
TUESDAY, Dec. 17, 2019 -- Puppies in pet stores appear to have transmitted a dangerous, antibiotic-resistant germ that's sickened 30 people across 13 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Tuesday., the agency said in a statement. So far, of 24 patients interviewed by the CDC, 21 said they had recently touched a puppy.
"Four people have been hospitalized," the CDC said, although"no deaths have been reported. Interviews with ill people and laboratory evidence indicate that contact with puppies, especially those from pet stores, is the source of this outbreak." There's so far been no single supplier of puppies linked to the outbreak of the illness, although in 12 of 15 cases where people reported contact with a puppy at a pet store, that contact happened at one of the Petland chain of pet stores.
Illnesses have been reported from East to West -- in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming. "Campylobacterbacteria can spread to people through contact with poop of infected animals and contaminated food or water," the agency noted. Infection can be serious, involving
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