Definition of Zoonotic
Zoonotic: Pertaining to a zoonosis: a disease that can be transmitted from animals to people or, more specifically, a disease that normally exists in animals but that can infect humans. There are multitudes of zoonotic diseases.
Some examples include:
- anthrax
- ascariasis
- brucellosis
- plague
- echinococcosis
- Lassa fever
- listeriosis
- Lyme disease
- monkeypox
- psittacosis
- rabies
- salmonellosis
- trichinosis
- toxoplasmosis
- typhus and
- West Nile fever
Zoonoses may appear suddenly and be relatively virulent, as illustrated by HIV which ignited the AIDS epidemic and the coronavirus responsible for the outbreak of SARS.
Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionaryhttp://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12958
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