Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!pitt.edu!kxgst1From: kxgst1+@pitt.edu (Kenneth Gilbert)Newsgroups: sci.medSubject: Re: cats and pregnancyMessage-ID: <10123@blue.cis.pitt.edu>Date: 27 Apr 93 12:26:43 GMTReferences: <1993Apr27.043035.22609@etl.go.jp>Sender: news+@pitt.eduOrganization: University of PittsburghLines: 16In article <1993Apr27.043035.22609@etl.go.jp> klaus@ipri.go.jp (Klaus Hofmann;(6663)) writes::Hello,:I heard that a certain disease (toxoplasmosys?) is transmitted by cats which:can harm the unborn fetus. Does anybody know about it? Is it a problem to :have a cat in the same apartment?:Having the cat around is not a problem, but the pregnant woman should notchange the litter box.  Toxoplasmosis can be transmitted from the stool ofsome cats.-- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==  Kenneth Gilbert              __|__        University of Pittsburgh   ==  General Internal Medicine      |      "...dammit, not a programmer!" ==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=