page_title: Zoonosis
hierarchical_section_title: Zoonosis
caption_attribution_description: English: The burial of the victims of the plague in Tournai. Detail of a miniature from "The Chronicles of Gilles Li Muisis" (1272-1352), abbot of the monastery of St. Martin of the Righteous. Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 13076-77, f. 24v.Français&#160;: Enterrement de victimes de la peste à Tournai. Détail d'une miniature des «&#160;Chroniques et annales de Gilles le Muisit&#160;», abbé de Saint-Martin de Tournai, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 13076-77, f. 24v.Русский: Похороны жертв чумы в Турнэ. Фрагмент миниатюры из "Хроник Гилля Майзета" (1272—1352), настоятеля монастыря святого праведника Мартина. Библиотека короля Альберта I, Брюссель
context_page_description: Zoonosis or a zoonotic disease is an infectious disease which an animal can give to a human. These diseases may be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites.
  Zoonotic diseases are very common. About 60% of all infectious diseases in humans are spread by animals.
  Zoonotic diseases can be spread in different ways. They may be spread from a sick animal directly to a human - for example, through bites and infected saliva, or through the air. This is called direct zoonosis.
  Zoonotic diseases can also be spread through a vector. This is an animal that carries the pathogen that causes the disease without getting infected. Diseases like this are called vector-borne diseases.
  Sometimes the vector picks up the disease from another animal. For example, rats who have the bubonic plague do not directly infect humans. Instead, fleas bite the rats and pick up the bacteria that causes plague without getting sick. Then, if the flea bites a human, they can pass the bacteria on to the human, and the human can get the plague. The rat is the host of the disease, and the flea is the vector.
context_section_description: Zoonosis or a zoonotic disease is an infectious disease which an animal can give to a human.  These diseases may be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites.
  Zoonotic diseases are very common.  About 60% of all infectious diseases in humans are spread by animals.
  Zoonotic diseases can be spread in different ways.  They may be spread from a sick animal directly to a human - for example, through bites and infected saliva (like with rabies), or through the air.  This is called direct zoonosis.
  Zoonotic diseases can also be spread through a vector.  This is an animal that carries the pathogen that causes the disease without getting infected.  Diseases like this are called vector-borne diseases.
  Sometimes the vector picks up the disease from another animal.  For example, rats who have the bubonic plague do not directly infect humans.  Instead, fleas bite the rats and pick up the bacteria that causes plague without getting sick.  Then, if the flea bites a human, they can pass the bacteria on to the human, and the human can get the plague.  The rat is the host of the disease, and the flea is the vector.
caption: The bubonic plague, a zoonotic disease, killed one-third of Europe's population in the 1300s.  This painting from The Chronicles of Gilles Li Muisis show people burying plague victims
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