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Can dogs spread infections to humans?
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A zoonosis: Is an infection spread from a animal to man. The most classical dog zoonosis is rabies. This is rare in the usa but capnocytophaga (a bacterium) can be spread by a bite. Leptospirosis is another canine zoonosis.
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