Riley Patricia Y, Chomel Bruno B
University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jan;11(1):1-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1101.040752.
Exotic pets, including hedgehogs, have become popular in recent years among pet owners, especially in North America. Such animals can carry and introduce zoonotic agents, a fact well illustrated by the recent outbreak of monkeypox in pet prairie dogs. We reviewed known and potential zoonotic diseases that could be carried and transmitted by pet hedgehogs or by wild-caught hedgehogs that have been rescued.
包括刺猬在内的外来宠物近年来在宠物主人中越来越受欢迎,尤其是在北美。这类动物可能携带并传播人畜共患病原体,近期宠物土拨鼠爆发的猴痘疫情就很好地说明了这一事实。我们回顾了宠物刺猬或获救的野生刺猬可能携带和传播的已知及潜在人畜共患病。