So do infected humans manifest the tolerance (or attraction to) the odor of cat urine like the rodents do?
(Might explain how some people can own too many cats and not notice the aroma, although simple habituation could certainly also explain it.) Pregnant women are encouraged to get some one "else" (guess) to clean the litter box because the parasite poses a risk to the fetus. (This does not appear to encourage men to acquire too many cats!) Contact with the litter (or as Lee says, the poop) rather than the cat is the greatest danger of infection. I am curious, are there any tests of infection or treatments for this parasite? Claudia _____________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor NSF UWF Faculty ADVANCE Scholar School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 [email protected] CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18894 or send a blank email to leave-18894-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
