GREAT BARRINGTON -- Language barriers, cultural differences, and complicated health care forms are a few of the challenges keeping recent immigrants from getting adequate health care.ndocumented immigrants, who are are not eligible for Common wealth Care or MassHealth, typically rely on the safety net of community clinics and emergency-room services, Hernandez said. Since the beginning of the year, there's been a renewed statewide push to get ethnic minorities to sign up for insurance.
Bacterial Infections from Cats. The most common zoonotic disease that is transmitted from cats to humans is the cat scratch disease, also known as the bartonellosis. The infection occurs if you are scratched or bitten by a cat that is infected with the bacteria.Fleas may also transmit this infection.The cat scratch disease is manifested through symptoms such as inflamed lymph nodes, fever, muscle pain and headaches.he infection occurs if you are scratched or bitten by a cat that is infected with the bacteria. Fleas may also transmit this infection. The cat scratch disease is manifested through symptoms such as inflamed lymph nodes, fever, muscle pain and headaches.
If a cat is heavily infested with ticks, the parasites can drink enough blood to cause anemia (severe blood loss). Additionally, if your cat brings ticks into the house, your family members could be exposed to Lyme disease and other diseases that ticks can transmit if they bite people. Ticks can transmit a disease called cytauxzoonosis (pronounced sight-oh-zo-uh-nosis) to cats. 1  This disease causes serious illness and even death in infected cats. Cytauxzoonosis is actually caused by two parasites.