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It took doctors seven days to discoverTrainer incurred a severe infection, not from a "tropical" traveldisease as they first suspected, but from her German shepherd"skisses. https://t.co/K6UwSxJEJp
― CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) August 3, 2019</blockquote>
报道称,根据美国疾病控制与预防中心(US Centers For Disease Control AndPrevention)的说法,细菌多是通过咬伤、抓伤或其他与猫狗密切接触的方式而传播的。但是,大多数与猫狗接触的人不会生病。面临较大风险的,通常是免疫系统较为薄弱的人,例如癌症患者或者切除脾脏的人。