Zoonotic diseases include: anthrax (from sheep)rabies (from rodents and other mammals)West Nile virus (from birds)
What are zoonotic pathogens?
A zoonosis is an infectious disease that has jumped from a non-human animal to humans. Zoonotic pathogens may be bacterial, viral or parasitic, or may involve unconventional agents and can spread to humans through direct contact or through food, water or the environment.
What is an example of a zoonotic virus?
Important worldwide zoonotic viruses include rabies, hantaviruses, arenaviruses, yellow fever virus, chikungunya virus, Sindbis virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, and the sandfly fever viruses.
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