Why you should think twice about playing with puppies in a pet store

At least 39 people in seven states have been sickened by a bacterium called Campylobacter. The surprising source of the outbreak? Pet-store puppies, apparently. All of the humans who became ill are either employees or recent customers of Petland stores in Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, or Wisconsin—or they had recently visited a home with a puppy sold through the chain.

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