0 (of a disease) able to spread from animals to humans:
Rabies is perhaps the best-known and most feared of all zoonotic diseases.
The source of these infections is unknown, but zoonotic transmission from pigs has been suggested.
Zoonotic transfer of pathogens to humans has been attributed to changes in natural environments for expanded global food production.
The really high impact diseases tend to be zoonotic diseases that emerge from wildlife like HIV did or like SARS did.
Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases include Lyme disease, West Nile virus, malaria or dengue fever.
The theory suggests that these viruses have repeatedly jumped from nonhuman primates to human beings, in a process known as zoonotic transfer.
Moreover, relevant federal law specifically contemplates his office taking actions based on zoonotic outbreaks.
Visitors are often not conscious of, or disparage the possible risk of acquiring zoonotic infections through contact with farm animals.
Future studies using additional, more highly variable loci will provide more definitive evidence for zoonotic transmission in these and other communities.
The domestic sheep form, however, appears to be the most important for zoonotic potential.
We focus on zoonotic infections, although the principles that serve as the basis for this review certainly apply to emerging tick-borne infections of veterinary importance.
