Can humans catch parvo from a dog?

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asked Aug 28, 2019 in Dogs by devinsmith (240 points)
Can humans catch parvo from a dog?

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answered Aug 28, 2019 by Minty (132,850 points)
Humans can be infected by Parvo but only Parvo B19 which is a different type of Parvo Virus than the Parvo virus that dogs get.

The Parvo Virus that dogs get cannot be transmitted to humans and humans cannot be infected by the dogs Parvo Virus.

Also dogs cannot be infected by the parvo virus that humans have.

So if your dog has Parvo then there's no need to worry about getting infected by Parvo when your dog has it because humans cannot be infected with the dogs Parvo.

It's very safe to be around a dog with Parvo and there's no need to wear masks or do anything special other than treating the dog for the Parvo and killing off the Parvo virus.

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