![]() The most commonly reported zoonotic disease issue from aquariums is probably Mycobacterium marinum infection, also known as “fish tank granuloma.” A recent paper in Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dawson et al. I did some work on it a couple days ago and paid attention to two things: I kept my hand with a few cuts on it out of the tank, and after I was done I washed my hands. For managing the aquarium, I use some really basic and non-disruptive common sense, though. I have a saltwater fish aquarium, and I don’t stay up at night worrying that it’s an impending source of doom. That can make messaging around the disease risks from pet fish challenging, because there’s a need to balance costs vs benefits, and being proactive vs paranoid. ![]() ![]() Zoonotic diseases from pet fish are very rare, but rare doesn’t mean never.
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