zoonoses
- plural of zoonosis.
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Bats and mice are generally known sources of zoonoses, defined as infections or diseases that are transmissible from animals to humans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
Many of the projects, including Karlsson’s, are at the proof-of-concept stage, but Maria Van Kerkhove, who heads the emerging diseases and zoonoses unit at the World Health Organization, welcomes them.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 5, 2023
Many emerging diseases affecting humans, such as brucellosis, are zoonoses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Her responsibilities included livestock markets, biosecurity and zoonoses - diseases that can move between animals and humans.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2022
Although zoonoses are ancient, thought to be referenced in Mesopotamian tablets and the Bible, their numbers have increased in the last few decades, along with the frequency of outbreaks.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
