A zoonosis (/ z oʊ ˈ ɒ n ə s ɪ s, ˌ z oʊ ə ˈ n oʊ s ɪ s / ⓘ; [1] plural zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) that can jump from a non-human vertebrate to a human.

2020年7月29日 · 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.

Zoonotic diseases, or zoonoses, are infectious diseases that can spread between animals (vertebrates) and humans. Vertebrates are animals with a backbone, like cows, sheep, rats, dogs, cats, bats and birds.

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Zoonotic diseases (also known as zoonoses) are caused by germs that spread between animals and people. Some people are more likely to get really sick after being infected with certain diseases. There are simple ways to help protect yourself and your family from zoonotic diseases.

2017年7月21日 · Zoonosis is another name for a zoonotic disease. This type of disease passes from an animal or insect to a human. Some don’t make the animal sick but will sicken a human. Zoonotic diseases range...

More than 60% of human pathogens are zoonotic in origin. This includes a wide variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, parasites, and other pathogens.

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Zoonoses are the “diseases and infections that are naturally transmitted between vertebrate animals and man,” as defined in 1951 by the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Zoonoses.

Zoonoses are caused by pathogens transmitted between humans and animals. These pathogens may be microorganisms invisible to the naked eye, such as bacteria, viruses, tiny fungi, protozoa, or prions. They may be macroparasites, such as helminths or parasitic arthropods (see Figure 1).