zoonosis
IPA: zˈunˈoʊsʌs
noun
- (biology, microbiology) An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
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Examples of "zoonosis" in Sentences
- A zoonosis map is now available.
- This makes cholera a typical zoonosis.
- If so this will be an example of a zoonosis.
- TSV does not appear to be a potential zoonosis.
- Finland First case of reverse zoonosis in pigs.
- Exactly when the zoonosis occurred is not known.
- Zoonosis and communicable diseases common to man and animals.
- It is rarely implicated in infections in humans, as a zoonosis.
- A common bacterial zoonosis is leptospirosis, transmitted through urine.
- Due to its importance as a zoonosis, these worms are important to treat.
- 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).
- Palese†™ s report is based on the key 1992 paper by Bird Flu authority, K.F. Shortridge: “Pandemic influenza: a zoonosis? †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.