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By Franny Syufy, About.com Guide to Cats since 1997

Cat Scratch Disease

Tuesday July 8, 2003
You or your children may have had it, but were completely unaware that you were "sick." Just as Bartonella Henslae is more commonly found in kittens, its counterpart, Cat Scratch Fever is more commonly found in children, and its symptoms are often so mild that they may have been dismissed as "just a slight fever." Susan Little, DVM, writing for the Winn Feline Foundation, tells more about this mysterious disease, which is classified as a "zoonose."
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