can humans catch palvo disease from animals?!
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Parvovirus B19 Infection (Fifth Disease)
Fifth disease is caused by infection with human parvovirus B19. This virus infects only humans. Pet dogs or cats may be immunized against "parvovirus," but these are animal parvoviruses that do not infect humans. Therefore, a child cannot "catch" parvovirus from a pet dog or cat, and a pet cat or dog cannot catch human parvovirus B19 from an ill child.
Fifth disease is caused by infection with human parvovirus B19. This virus infects only humans. Pet dogs or cats may be immunized against "parvovirus," but these are animal parvoviruses that do not infect humans. Therefore, a child cannot "catch" parvovirus from a pet dog or cat, and a pet cat or dog cannot catch human parvovirus B19 from an ill child.
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Parvovirus, commonly called parvo, is a genus of the Parvoviridae family of DNA viruses. Parvoviruses are some of the smallest viruses found in nature. Like all members of the parvoviridae family, they infect only mammals.
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http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/parvovirus/B19.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvovirus
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