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Zoonotic Diseases: Etiology, Impact, and Control

Most humans are in contact with animals in a way or another. A zoonotic disease is a disease or infection that can be transmitted naturally from vertebrate animals to humans or from humans to vertebrate animals. More than 60% of human pathogens are zoonotic in origin. This includes a wide variety of...

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Autores principales: Rahman, Md. Tanvir, Sobur, Md. Abdus, Islam, Md. Saiful, Ievy, Samina, Hossain, Md. Jannat, El Zowalaty, Mohamed E., Rahman, AMM Taufiquer, Ashour, Hossam M.
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7563794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32932606
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091405
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author Rahman, Md. Tanvir
Sobur, Md. Abdus
Islam, Md. Saiful
Ievy, Samina
Hossain, Md. Jannat
El Zowalaty, Mohamed E.
Rahman, AMM Taufiquer
Ashour, Hossam M.
author_facet Rahman, Md. Tanvir
Sobur, Md. Abdus
Islam, Md. Saiful
Ievy, Samina
Hossain, Md. Jannat
El Zowalaty, Mohamed E.
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description Most humans are in contact with animals in a way or another. A zoonotic disease is a disease or infection that can be transmitted naturally from vertebrate animals to humans or from humans to vertebrate animals. More than 60% of human pathogens are zoonotic in origin. This includes a wide variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, parasites, and other pathogens. Factors such as climate change, urbanization, animal migration and trade, travel and tourism, vector biology, anthropogenic factors, and natural factors have greatly influenced the emergence, re-emergence, distribution, and patterns of zoonoses. As time goes on, there are more emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases. In this review, we reviewed the etiology of major zoonotic diseases, their impact on human health, and control measures for better management. We also highlighted COVID-19, a newly emerging zoonotic disease of likely bat origin that has affected millions of humans along with devastating global consequences. The implementation of One Health measures is highly recommended for the effective prevention and control of possible zoonosis.
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spelling pubmed-75637942020-10-27 Zoonotic Diseases: Etiology, Impact, and Control Rahman, Md. Tanvir Sobur, Md. Abdus Islam, Md. Saiful Ievy, Samina Hossain, Md. Jannat El Zowalaty, Mohamed E. Rahman, AMM Taufiquer Ashour, Hossam M. Microorganisms Review Most humans are in contact with animals in a way or another. A zoonotic disease is a disease or infection that can be transmitted naturally from vertebrate animals to humans or from humans to vertebrate animals. More than 60% of human pathogens are zoonotic in origin. This includes a wide variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, parasites, and other pathogens. Factors such as climate change, urbanization, animal migration and trade, travel and tourism, vector biology, anthropogenic factors, and natural factors have greatly influenced the emergence, re-emergence, distribution, and patterns of zoonoses. As time goes on, there are more emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases. In this review, we reviewed the etiology of major zoonotic diseases, their impact on human health, and control measures for better management. We also highlighted COVID-19, a newly emerging zoonotic disease of likely bat origin that has affected millions of humans along with devastating global consequences. The implementation of One Health measures is highly recommended for the effective prevention and control of possible zoonosis. MDPI 2020-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7563794/ /pubmed/32932606 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091405 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Sobur, Md. Abdus
Islam, Md. Saiful
Ievy, Samina
Hossain, Md. Jannat
El Zowalaty, Mohamed E.
Rahman, AMM Taufiquer
Ashour, Hossam M.
Zoonotic Diseases: Etiology, Impact, and Control
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7563794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32932606
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091405
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