Zoonotic Diseases
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What are the five types of agents causing zoonotic diseases?

  1. Virus, 2. Bacteria, 3. Fungi, 4. Parasite, 5. Unconventional agents (prions)

Provide an example of a zoonotic disease caused by a virus.

Rabies

What is the difference between anthropozoonoses and zooanthroponosis?

Anthropozoonoses are transmitted to man from lower vertebrates, while zooanthroponosis is transmitted from man to lower vertebrates.

What is the characteristic of direct/orthozoonosis in the transmission of infectious agents?

<p>It is transmitted from infected to susceptible host by direct contact, formite/mechanical vector. The agent undergoes little or no developmental change during transmission and can be maintained in nature by a single vertebrate species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Explain the concept of metazoonosis in the transmission of zoonotic diseases.

<p>Metazoonosis is transmitted mechanically by invertebrate vectors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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