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Capnocytophaga: How an innocent dog lick can trigger a fatal infection


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Capnocytophaga is an extremely rare condition — two large epidemiological surveys conducted in Scandinavian countries suggest that it may affect between 0.5 and 0.7 people out of every million each year. In the United States, the disease is not nationally notifiable, which means it's not tracked at a national level and so there are no annual estimates of its incidence. As of 2018, approximately 500 cases of Capnocytophaga infection caused by the bacterial species Capnocytophaga canimorsus had been reported in the medical literature.

People with weakened immune systems are at a higher risk of catching Capnocytophaga and developing serious illness. Other risk factors include not having a spleen, having alcohol use disorder, smoking and being over age 40.
 
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