The Manual on Viruses

ZOONOSIS
Humans coexist in a complex, interdependent relationship with the
companion, production, and wild animals we depend on for our food,
livelihoods, and well-being, as well as with the environments we live
and work in together. The interface between humans, animals, and the
environments we share can also be a source of diseases impacting
public health and the social and economic well-being of the world population.
Such diseases, transmissible from animals to humans through
direct contact or though food, water, and the environment, are commonly
referred to as “zoonoses.” Animals thus play an essential role in maintaining
zoonotic infections in nature. Zoonoses may be bacterial, viral,
or parasitic, or may involve unconventional agents. As well as being a
public health problem, many of the major zoonotic diseases prevent
the efficient production of food of animal origin and create obstacles to
international trade in animal products. An example how this diseases
are transmitted from animals to humans, is BRUSHMEAT or in WET
MARKETS.
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