zoonosis

IPA: zˈunˈoʊsʌs

(biology, microbiology) An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.

Examples of "zoonosis" in Sentences

Additionally, we are trained in zoonosis- animal - human disease transmission.
Pets, animals e.g.  Q fever  Psittacosis  hantavirus pulmonary syndrome  "zoonosis"
Brucellosis is a zoonosis of both public health and economic significance in most developing countries.
The transmission of disease from one species to another is called zoonosis and is of great concern to the CDC.
Rift Valley Fever (RVF), is a zoonosis (a disease which primarily affects animals, but occasionally causes disease in humans).
She said although this was a zoonosis (diseases that can be passed between animals, whether wild or domesticated, to humans), there was no need for the public to panic.
Lesihmania vectors occur: Phlebotomus ariasi is important in the wooded hills of South West France, where infected hogs serve as the reservoir for this zoonosis (C. 20).
Paleseâ€ ™ s report is based on the key 1992 paper by Bird Flu authority, K.F. Shortridge: â€œPandemic influenza: a zoonosis? â€ Seminars in Respiratory Infections, 7 (1) ,11-25.
Although primarily a zoonosis, sporadic cases and outbreaks of CCHF affecting humans do occur. 1998 has already witnessed 2 outbreaks, one in Pakistan affecting four people, with two deaths, and another in Afghanistan affecting 19 people with 12 deaths.