Petting Zoos as an Unsuspected Source of Pediatric Infections. Issue 4 (3rd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hall, Jaimee M.; Falcon, Isabelle Z.; Elward, Alexis M.; Daniels, Elizabeth A.; Greene, Sarah E.; Cabler, Stephanie S.; Reich, Patrick J.; Storch, Gregory A.
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 42:Issue 4(2023)
• Page Start: 346
• Page End: 349
• Publication Date: 2023-01-03
• Subjects: zoonotic -- petting zoo -- infection -- pediatric -- case reports; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003825
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

Abstract : Children are at risk for infection following animal exposure at petting zoos owing to suboptimal hand hygiene and frequent hand-to-mucosal surface contact. Public health surveillance is limited, and infectious risk is likely underrecognized. Most reported infections are enteric. Here, we describe two children with unusual, nonenteric infections following petting zoo exposure.