SynthesisPloS one2014
Healthy animals, healthy people: zoonosis risk from animal contact in pet shops, a systematic review of the literature.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Major environmental and socioeconomic determinants of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil - a systematic literature review.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2020Pooled it
- Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis) as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Epidemiology and infection · 2017Pooled it
- The pet café is a neglected site for transmission of antimicrobial-resistantMicrobial genomics · 2025Article
- Human animal contact, land use change and zoonotic disease risk: a protocol for systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Investigation of food safety perceptions, practices, and workplace policies among employees of pet and animal feed stores that sell and do not sell raw meat-based diets.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Investigation of awareness, sanitation, and customer education practices among employees of pet and animal feed stores that sell live animals in the United States.BMC public health · 2024Article
- [New awareness for zoonoses using the example of rat bite fever : Case report and literature review].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Zoonoses in dog and cat shelters in North-East Italy: update on emerging, neglected and known zoonotic agents.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- [Zoophilic dermatophytes during coronavirus pandemic in Germany].Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Article
- Mobile Zoos and Other Itinerant Animal Handling Events: Current Status and Recommendations for Future Policies.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Co-circulation of two SARS-CoV-2 variant strains within imported pet hamsters in Hong Kong.Emerging microbes & infections · 2022Article
- Fungal Flora in Asymptomatic Pet Guinea Pigs and Rabbits.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Host-driven subspeciation in the hedgehog fungus,Persoonia · 2022Article
- A comprehensive review on avian chlamydiosis: a neglected zoonotic disease.Tropical animal health and production · 2021Review
- Cat scratch disease sepsis in an immunocompromised patient.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Real-World Ethical Dilemmas in Laboratory Safety for Microbiology Under-Resourced and Outreach Teaching.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Genomic characterization of enteropathogenicThe veterinary quarterly · 2020Article
- Zoonotic Diseases: Etiology, Impact, and Control.Microorganisms · 2020Review
- High Prevalence and Diversity of Cephalosporin-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Leptospirosis meningitis transmission from a pet mouse: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2019Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAround 67 million pets are owned by households in the United Kingdom, and an increasing number of these are exotic animals. Approximately a third of pets are purchased through retail outlets or direct from breeders. A wide range of infections can be associated with companion animals.
objectivesThis study uses a systematic literature review to describe the transmission of zoonotic disease in humans associated with a pet shop or other location selling pets (incidents of rabies tracebacks and zoonoses from pet food were excluded). DATA SOURCES: PubMed and EMBASE.
resultsFifty seven separate case reports or incidents were described in the 82 papers that were identified by the systematic review. Summary information on each incident is included in this manuscript. The infections include bacterial, viral and fungal diseases and range in severity from mild to life threatening. Infections associated with birds and rodents were the most commonly reported. Over half of the reports describe incidents in the Americas, and three of these were outbreaks involving more than 50 cases. Many of the incidents identified relate to infections in pet shop employees. LIMITATIONS: This review may have been subject to publication bias, where unusual and unexpected zoonotic infections may be over-represented in peer-reviewed publications. It was also restricted to English-language articles so that pathogens that are more common in non-Western countries, or in more exotic animals not common in Europe and the Americas, may have been under-represented. CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS: A wide spectrum of zoonotic infections are acquired from pet shops. Salmonellosis and psittacosis were the most commonly documented diseases, however more unusual infections such as tularemia also appeared in the review. Given their potential to spread zoonotic infection, it is important that pet shops act to minimise the risk as far as possible.
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