Zoonoses cats

Transmission	Organism	Human symptoms	Feline symptoms	Geographic distribution
Infectious saliva	Bartonella henselae	Cat scratch disease, lymphadenopathy	Asymptomatic even with bacteremia	Worldwide
	Pasteurella	Skin and soft-tissue infections, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis	Asymptomatic	Worldwide
	Rabies	Acute progressive encephalitis	Stages: prodromal, furious, and paralytic	Worldwide
	Capnocytophaga	Skin and soft-tissue infections, sepsis, meningitis	Asymptomatic	Worldwide
	Cowpox	Painful, hemorrhagic pustules or black eschars	Ulcerated, crusted focal skin lesions; systemic illness possible	Europe
Fecal	Salmonella Campylobacter Cryptosporidium Giardia	Asymptomatic or gastroenteritis	Asymptomatic or gastroenteritis	Worldwide
	Multidrug-resistant bacteria (eg, Escherichia coli)	Asymptomatic or gastroenteritis	Asymptomatic or gastroenteritis	Worldwide
	Toxocara cati	Visceral larva migrans and ocular larva migrans	Asymptomatic	Worldwide
	Ancylostoma caninum	Cutaneous larva migrans	Hookworm	Worldwide
	Echinococcus granulosus	Hydatid cysts, echinococcosis	Hydatid cysts, echinococcosis	Worldwide
	Toxoplasma gondii	Lymphadenopathy, cerebral, congenital infection	Asymptomatic, may be associated with co-infection with feline leukemia virus or feline immuno- deficiency virus	Worldwide
	Dipylidium caninum	Asymptomatic to abdominal pain, diarrhea, pruritus ani, and urticaria	Tapeworm	Most common in ranching areas of the Mediterranean, South America, and Australia

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