NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECT
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ISBN: 9781260161373
Author: Anderson, SALM
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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The reason for the impossibility of eradication of a zoonotic disease.
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Zoonotic disease or zoonosis is an infectious communicable disease can be transmitted between animals and humans. Most strains of swine flu and bird flu are a zoonosis. The viruses causing these diseases can often combine with human strains and cause pandemics. Various zoonotic diseases are rabies, anthrax, tularemia, and West Nile virus. These can be transmitted directly or indirectly, by direct with an infected individual, bite (rabies) and handling of infected animal’s tissues.
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