From Promed today - Several years ago, there was a case of human tularemia in Wisconsin in the summer. The state epidemiologist's office determined that a cat had brought a tularemia-infected cottontail rabbit (_Sylvilagus
floridanus_) into the patient's home. With the widespread tularemia epizootic going on in Texas, it would seem that the risk of a similar situation, with pets bringing in dead or moribund rodents, is real, giving new meaning to the phrase "look what the cat dragged in!"
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