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Post by Willow on Jan 25, 2004 14:36:22 GMT -5
A friend from Montana called me last night. She has an aunt and cousin living in Post Falls, Id. Last summer/fall, her cousin contracted, what they thought was *the flu*, but for some reason which I am not sure of, maybe the duration or severity of it, her Dr. decided to do some tests and said she had Parvo! He said she most likely got it from being bitten by a mosquito that had bitten a dog with parvo.
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Post by sibemom on Jan 25, 2004 14:47:21 GMT -5
That sounds very strange I'm not sure what the origin of the parvo virus is and I have never ever heard of that. I do know that humans can contract sleeping sickness from horses but I never heard of that one. I thought once a mosquito bit that was it and they did not bite anymore or is it that they have to fill with blood and then they stop biting? We will have to research this one.
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Post by Nicole on Jan 25, 2004 15:21:34 GMT -5
This is very strange but not too long ago a friend of Brian's had been achy, tired and had an odd pain in his chest. The doctor did some tests and said one of the tests was for parvo. At the time I thought Brian misunderstood his friend because I had never heard of a human with parvo. I didn't give it a another thought. I guess I didn't misunderstand. What about all the people who have parvo pups. Perhaps it has to be a direct transfer of blood to blood, like a bite would do. Scary isn't it?
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Post by backpaige on Jan 25, 2004 15:29:12 GMT -5
Hi....
Parvo in people came up on another list I'm on quite some time ago. I can't remember the exact details, but seems to me that "people" parvo and canine parvo are totally unrelated. There are a number of 'parvo' viruses
A quick Google search showed that there are several sites/lists/message boards dealing with parvo in humans. Meaning no disrespect, I suspect that the doctor was making a real stretch when he suggested that the person was bitten by a mosquito who had bitten a parvo dog
Backpaige....in Snowy Idaho
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Post by sibemom on Jan 25, 2004 15:44:47 GMT -5
There are several strains of Parvo in humans but I can't think of which illness they cause. What I had a hard time understanding was how you could catch it from a dog it does not cross species like some other desiese's do.
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Post by Willow on Jan 25, 2004 16:44:32 GMT -5
I posted about it on the vaccine list. Here's the scoop!
People cannot get dog Parvo, but there is a human strain called Parvo B-19 or *Fifth's disease* and a human can only get it from another human!
Glad that's cleared up!
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Post by Nicole on Jan 25, 2004 17:24:03 GMT -5
Phew Thanks all for the info.
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Post by Laura on Jan 26, 2004 20:48:25 GMT -5
Since I haven't been able to post, you guys beat me to it ;D. Canine Parvovirus is definetley not communicable to us peoples. Fifth's disease, however, is very common in young children, my own had it when they were about 5. Now, Leptospirosis CAN be contacted by humans, one of the few canine diseases that's zoonotic.
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