New Case Of "Rat Bite Fever" Shows That Pets Can Still Carry Fatal Diseases
Pet rats might seem like a different beast from those garbage - frolicking rats who live fast and informal on the urban center streets . However , as this ghastly aesculapian case report details , pet rats are still subject of harboring and spread out some nasty diseases . A woman developed " rat bite febrility , " a serious and potentially fatal disease , after receiving a bite from her pet rat , a news report inThe New England Journal of Medicinereveals ....