Exposure to nontraditional pets at home and to animals in public settings: Risks to children

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 876-886

  Bortolussi, Robert ^a   Pickering, Larry K ^h   Marano, Nina ^h   Bocchini, Joseph A ^h   Angulo, Frederick J ^h   Bernstein, Henry H ^h   Bradley, John S ^h   Brady, Michael T ^h   Byington, Carrie L ^h   Dennehy, Penelope H ^h   Frenck, Robert W ^h   Glode, Mary P ^h   Keyserling, Harry L ^h   Kimberlin, David W ^h   Long, Sarah S ^h   Rubin, Lorry G ^h   Clover, Richard D ^b   Fischer, Marc A ^c   Gorman, Richard L ^d   Pratt, R Douglas ^e   Schuchat, Anne ^c   Schwartz, Benjamin ^f   Starke, Jeffrey R ^g   more..

^a CANADIAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^f National Vaccine Program Office   (United States)

^g American Thoracic Society   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Exotic animals; Farm animals; Indigenous wildlife; Nontraditional pets; Pets; Reptiles; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BITE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CRUSH TRAUMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOT INJURY; HAND INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLOSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 54049096703     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1942     Document Type: Article

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