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Definition of zoonosis in English: zoonosisnounPlural zoonoses ˌzəʊəˈnəʊsɪsˌzuːəˈnəʊsɪs A disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals. Example sentencesExamples - Brucellosis is a true zoonosis - in nearly all cases the infection is transmitted directly from animals to humans.
- Just as pandemic influenza is now considered a noneradicable zoonosis, the question arises whether SARS is, too.
- Seven animals were initially tested and found free of zoonoses (Chlamydia psittaci, Mycobacterium pseudotuberculosis, Brucella, and Coxiella burnetti).
- Leptospirosis is ubiquitous in distribution and has the dubious distinction of being both an occupational disease and a zoonosis.
- ‘Such situations penalize countries with a good and transparent surveillance system for animal diseases and zoonoses, and which have demonstrated their ability to control the risks identified,’ the OIE said.
- Anthrax is a zoonosis, accidentally transmitted from herbivores to humans with no onward person to person transmission.
- Anthrax is a zoonosis caused by Bacillus anthracis, to which man is relatively resistant, but one deep breath of weaponised aerosol may contain as many as 10 spores.
- Pandemic influenza remains a non-eradicable zoonosis, and SARS has made an unwelcome zoonotic incursion.
- Other zoonoses involving wild birds are also gaining prominence as disease issues.
- East African sleeping sickness, caused by T brucei rhodesiense, is a zoonosis with an extensive animal reservoir in ungulates, including game animals.
- Animal welfare organisations cite allergies and the fear of zoonoses as common reasons for people giving up their pets.
- Foot and mouth disease is a zoonosis, a disease transmissible to humans, but it crosses the species barrier with difficulty and with little effect.
- Chagas' disease is a complex zoonosis, primarily transmitted by triatomine bugs, which infest poor quality housing.
- The researchers concluded that possibly for children, if not for adults, a variety of minor zoonoses and/or allergies may be significant consequences of keeping a dog, at least during the first 12 months or so of ownership.
- Worldwide, this zoonosis is primarily found in cattle, sheep, and goats, but many mammals and birds may also be infected.
Derivatives adjective Many such agents are zoonotic and have a considerable impact on agriculture as well as on human health. Example sentencesExamples - Pandemic influenza remains a non-eradicable zoonosis, and SARS has made an unwelcome zoonotic incursion.
- Veterinary services have a crucial role in controlling highly contagious diseases and zoonotic infections, which have implications for human health as well as that of livestock.
- We have worked together - and with many colleagues - on influenza and other zoonotic infections that threaten human health in a variety of ways.
- Tularemia is caused by the zoonotic bacillus commonly known as Francisella tularensis.
Origin Late 19th century: from zoo- 'of animals' + Greek nosos 'disease'. Definition of zoonosis in US English: zoonosisnoun A disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals. Example sentencesExamples - Leptospirosis is ubiquitous in distribution and has the dubious distinction of being both an occupational disease and a zoonosis.
- Chagas' disease is a complex zoonosis, primarily transmitted by triatomine bugs, which infest poor quality housing.
- Foot and mouth disease is a zoonosis, a disease transmissible to humans, but it crosses the species barrier with difficulty and with little effect.
- Anthrax is a zoonosis caused by Bacillus anthracis, to which man is relatively resistant, but one deep breath of weaponised aerosol may contain as many as 10 spores.
- Other zoonoses involving wild birds are also gaining prominence as disease issues.
- Brucellosis is a true zoonosis - in nearly all cases the infection is transmitted directly from animals to humans.
- East African sleeping sickness, caused by T brucei rhodesiense, is a zoonosis with an extensive animal reservoir in ungulates, including game animals.
- Animal welfare organisations cite allergies and the fear of zoonoses as common reasons for people giving up their pets.
- Anthrax is a zoonosis, accidentally transmitted from herbivores to humans with no onward person to person transmission.
- Seven animals were initially tested and found free of zoonoses (Chlamydia psittaci, Mycobacterium pseudotuberculosis, Brucella, and Coxiella burnetti).
- Just as pandemic influenza is now considered a noneradicable zoonosis, the question arises whether SARS is, too.
- ‘Such situations penalize countries with a good and transparent surveillance system for animal diseases and zoonoses, and which have demonstrated their ability to control the risks identified,’ the OIE said.
- The researchers concluded that possibly for children, if not for adults, a variety of minor zoonoses and/or allergies may be significant consequences of keeping a dog, at least during the first 12 months or so of ownership.
- Worldwide, this zoonosis is primarily found in cattle, sheep, and goats, but many mammals and birds may also be infected.
- Pandemic influenza remains a non-eradicable zoonosis, and SARS has made an unwelcome zoonotic incursion.
Origin Late 19th century: from zoo- ‘of animals’ + Greek nosos ‘disease’. |