Comments on: can dogs catch colds from humans? http://dogblog.ruffwear.net/2010/02/08/can-dogs-catch-colds-from-humans/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ruffwear http://dogblog.ruffwear.net/2010/02/08/can-dogs-catch-colds-from-humans/#comment-663 ruffwear Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:01:07 +0000 http://dogblog.ruffwear.net/?p=1295#comment-663 Thanks for sharing. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Cheli http://dogblog.ruffwear.net/2010/02/08/can-dogs-catch-colds-from-humans/#comment-662 Cheli Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:06:59 +0000 http://dogblog.ruffwear.net/?p=1295#comment-662 Maybe not a common cold, but strep throat has been officially documented: J Med Microbiol. 2010 Jan;59(Pt 1):120-3. Zoonotic transmission of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus from a dog to a handler. Abbott Y, Acke E, Khan S, Muldoon EG, Markey BK, Pinilla M, Leonard FC, Steward K, Waller A. Veterinary Sciences, Veterinary Sciences Centre, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. yvonne.abbott@ucd.ie This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first case report to describe the apparent transmission of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus from an infected dog to a handler who subsequently developed severe systemic infection. Characterization of the haemolytic streptococci isolated from both the patient and the dog, by phenotypic and molecular analysis, confirmed the canine and human isolates were identical. Maybe not a common cold, but strep throat has been officially documented:

J Med Microbiol. 2010 Jan;59(Pt 1):120-3.
Zoonotic transmission of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus from a dog to a handler.
Abbott Y, Acke E, Khan S, Muldoon EG, Markey BK, Pinilla M, Leonard FC, Steward K, Waller A.
Veterinary Sciences, Veterinary Sciences Centre, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. yvonne.abbott@ucd.ie
This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first case report to describe the apparent transmission of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus from an infected dog to a handler who subsequently developed severe systemic infection. Characterization of the haemolytic streptococci isolated from both the patient and the dog, by phenotypic and molecular analysis, confirmed the canine and human isolates were identical.

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