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zoonosis: a standalone construct

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zoonosis1 CONSTRUCTZoonosisTAYLOR · ANIMAL ORIGIN

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Epidemiology

A disease that passes from animals to people

A zoonosis is an infectious disease caused by a pathogen that is naturally transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans, whether directly, through a vector, or via contaminated food or environment. Zoonoses account for a large share of human pathogens and nearly all newly emerging ones, which is why the animal–human interface is a focus of outbreak preparedness. Taylor, Latham, and Woolhouse's 2001 Risk factors for human disease emergence quantified how many human pathogens are zoonotic and how this relates to emergence. The referent is a cross-species origin of human infection, a classification by the animal reservoir and spillover route.[1]

Unit
The animal-to-human transmission route of a given pathogen
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Established by identifying an animal reservoir and documenting transmission of the pathogen from animals to humans

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References

  1. Taylor, L. H., Latham, S. M., & Woolhouse, M. E. J. (2001). Risk factors for human disease emergence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 356(1411), 983–989. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2001.0888

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