Can chlamydia within cats be contagious to ppl? I fostered a kitten beside rhythmic eye infections.?
When the new owner took the kitten to their vets they said it was not eye infection (which MY vet SHOULD enjoy discovered) but was chlamydia of the eye. My associates said that we could exchange for another kitten but they already love this one so we agreed to help with vet costs.
I didn't suggest to ask at the time and now the vet is closed. Can ppl get chlymidia from cats?
Just so if anyone asks why I asked this cross-examine twice. I didn't get an answer from the health section so I'm trying the pets article.
I've never heard of that endorsement to humans. It may be a different strain than what humans have, like the herpes virus cats can get (it's different than ours, it cause runny eyes in cats).
Phone your vet and ask, they'd be the ones to give you a solid answer.
Sorry to my young vet student friend, you need to hit the infirm bacteriology a bit harder before the test. Chlamydia IS considered a zoonotic (transmittable to humans) disease. In fact, Chlamydia have the greatest host range of all known microbes. Please look up Chlamydia and the word zoonosis together; you will see it is possible. It is not, however, very common. As for your vet, Chlamydia eye infections look very similar to nearly all other kinds of eye infections. Chlamydia is not all that adjectives in cats either. Are you sure your friend's vet wasn't purely saying it Could be Chlamydia? Did they do any actual tests?
Answers: No. Its not the same bacteria and humans are not at risk. Human chlamydia is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The cats publication is caused by Chlamydia psittaci. But it is very contagious to other cats.
Add: The only cases of a spread of C felis to humans where on earth reported before the two bacterials where distinguished. Its now proven that C. psittaci is not transmittable to humans. Other strains of chlamydia can be zoonotic, but not C. psittaci. The microbes in FELID chlamydia is NOT zoonotic.
