After adopting a new cat, Sadie notices that she does not feel well. She has a headache, muscle pain, and a strange cough. Thinking that she’d better check her temperature, Sadie finds that it is extremely high! She goes to the urgent care facility, and after extensive tests, the doctor tells her that she has contracted typhus. Sadie realizes that she has not had a typhus booster in many years. The doctor asks if she has been close to anyone who is sick, to which she replies that she has not. Then he asks if she has recently acquired any new pets. Why would the doctor ask Sadie this question?
A. He wants to know if she may have caught it from demodex mites on the cat.
B. He wants to know if she may have caught it from fleas on the cat.
C. He believes that the cat may have had a tick that carried typhus and it got on her.
D. He is asking because typhus is spread through the air from a cat’s cough or sneeze.