Unfortunately, you can get more than love from your cute pet. “We don’t live in a sterile world, and the animals that are our pets and companions are not free of germs,” says Susan Rehm, MD, vice chair of the Cleveland Clinic Infectious Disease Department in Ohio. “It occasionally happens that you can pick up a disease from your pet.” People with a compromised immune system are most vulnerable.
Here are 7 diseases your pet could give you!
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