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I had thought toxoplasma gondii was another vector for these illnesses. It is famously spread by cat poop if anyone wants to know.
One more reason to despise cats :
(…)Cat scratch disease occurs worldwide. Cats are the main reservoir of Bartonella henselae, and the bacterium is transmitted to cats by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.[29] Infection in cats is very common with a prevalence estimated between 40 and 60%, younger cats being more commonly infective. (…) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartonellosis
