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Can Humans Infect Pets With H1N1?

Posted November 06, 2009 8:44 AM

From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel:

Until this week, many veterinarians asserted that it was a myth that house cats could catch the deadly H1N1 flu from their owners. Those veterinarians, along with other health experts, are revising their views after an Iowa Department of Public Health announcement Wednesday that the virus has been confirmed in an indoor 13-year-old cat, which likely contracted the illness from two flu-sick humans in its home.

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Re: Can Humans Infect Pets With H1N1?

11/06/2009 9:38 AM

So Del isn't safe, then?

Oh, yes. Remember SARS?

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