cat-scratch disease
Americannoun
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Like rats, cats can carry and transmit a variety of parasites and diseases to humans and wildlife, including rabies, hookworms, cat-scratch disease, typhus and plague.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2017
Only recently have doctors recognized cat-scratch disease to account for the previously unexplained aches and fevers that occasionally afflict cat fanciers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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