- About Zoonotic Diseases | One Health | CDC
Zoonotic diseases are caused by harmful germs like viruses, bacterial, parasites, and fungi These germs can cause many different types of illnesses in people and animals, ranging from mild to serious illness and even death
- Zoonosis - Wikipedia
A zoonosis ( zoʊˈɒnəsɪs, ˌzoʊəˈnoʊsɪs ⓘ; [1] plural zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a virus, bacterium, parasite, fungi, or prion) that can jump from a non-human vertebrate to a human
- Zoonoses - World Health Organization (WHO)
Zoonoses comprise a large percentage of all newly identified infectious diseases as well as many existing ones Some diseases, such as HIV, begin as a zoonosis but later mutate into human-only strains Other zoonoses can cause recurring disease outbreaks, such as Ebola virus disease and salmonellosis
- Zoonosis: Definition, Types, and Diseases List - Healthline
Zoonotic diseases range from minor short-term illness to a major life-changing illness Certain ones can even cause death The types of zoonosis include those caused by: Zoonotic diseases
- Zoonotic Diseases: Classification, Causes, Prevention, Control
Zoonotic diseases, or zoonoses, are infections that can be transmitted from animals (vertebrates) to humans or vice versa Zoonotic pathogens are classified based on their etiology into bacterial zoonoses, viral zoonoses, fungal zoonoses, parasitic zoonoses, protozoal zoonoses, and mycoplasma zoonoses
- Zoonotic disease | Definition, Characteristics, Examples . . .
zoonotic disease, any of a group of diseases that can be transmitted to humans by nonhuman vertebrate animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish A large number of domestic and wild animals are sources of zoonotic disease, and there are numerous means of transmission
- Zoonotic Diseases: Etiology, Impact, and Control - PMC
Most humans are in contact with animals in a way or another A zoonotic disease is a disease or infection that can be transmitted naturally from vertebrate animals to humans or from humans to vertebrate animals More than 60% of human pathogens are zoonotic in origin
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