you can get it, but you only get it if the cat is infected. (and it's pretty unlikely that you would even then - it tends to only affect young people/people with poor immune systems/etc.) the virus is actually called bartonella, and a lot of cats carry it; it's not a terrible idea to have marlowe tested for it sometime at the vet, because over time it's not great for a cat to have, but just his scratching you isn't going to do anything unless he actually has the virus.
this post brought to you by someone whose cat has bartonella all the fucking time.
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Date: 2008-10-18 07:22 am (UTC)this post brought to you by someone whose cat has bartonella all the fucking time.