Outbreak of skin infections at San Diego Zoo traced to worker
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 03:07
in Health & Medicine
A zookeeper infected an elephant calf that was being hand-raised because its mother couldn't care for it, health officials say. The infection spread to as many as 20 of its human caretakers. An outbreak of antibiotic-resistant skin infections at the San Diego Zoo last year began when a zookeeper infected an elephant calf that was being hand-raised because its mother couldn't care for it, according to a zoo and county health department investigation. The calf, in turn, infected as many as 20 of its human caretakers.