BACTERIA IN DOGS SALIVA CAUSE DEATH IN HUMANS Dogs are man’s best friend, but recent reports served as a reminder that they carry bacteria in their saliva that can cause disease, and even death, in humans. In June, a man in West Bend, Wisconsin, had both hands and lower legs amputated after being infected with the bacterium Capnocytophaga canimorsus , possibly through contact with a dog, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Two other recent cases were reported in Wisconsin, according to the paper: a boy aged 3 years who had his fingers and toes amputated after being exposed to C . canimorsus , and a woman who was bitten by her dog and developed rapidly progressing influenza-like symptoms that resulted in her death. Dog bites have long been associated with illness. RABIES remains responsible for about 60,000 Human Death annually, mostly in developing countries. A range of other disease-causing organisms are also known to be transmitted from dogs to hu
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