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احذروا من القطط.. عدوى فطرية شائعة تصيب الأطفال

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نصف حقيقي

Reviewed by مرصد أخبار ميتر ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says fungal skin infections can spread from cats to people, but transmission is not inevitable and not all cats are infected. It also reports that infections were more common among children, while finding the claim that cats always cause such infections to be an inaccurate generalization.[S1]

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  1. [S1] مرصد أخبار ميتر original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: مرصد أخبار ميتر. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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