Can people contract foot-and-mouth disease?
A. Foot-and-mouth disease typically does not affect humans. There is only one recorded case from Britain in 1966, and that person experienced symptoms similar to the flu with some blisters. People can, however, spread the virus to animals because it can persist on contaminated clothing, footwear, and other materials for several weeks, and can harbor in human nasal passages for as long as 28 hours.
