Zoonotic Diseases: Its Classification, Mode of Transmission and Its Burden on Human Health

Authors

  • Dr. PreetiJeet Bansal  PhD in Zoology, Author and Independent Researcher‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ India

Keywords:

Zoonotic Diseases, Zoonoses, Pathogen, Anthropozoonosis, Zooanthroponosis, Immunocompromised, Emerging Zoonoses, Zooanthroponotic Pathogens.

Abstract

The zoonotic diseases or zoonoses are the disease that can be transmitted from animals to human. The disease that normally exists in animals and that can infect humans caused by a pathogen that has jumped from a vertebrate to a human. Zoonotic pathogens are naturally transmitted from animals to humans. There are several pathways whereby pathogens can invade humans. Zoonotic pathogens may be bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi .The transmission source may be direct, indirect, vector-borne and waterborne. The present study focuses on zoonotic diseases, its classification and transmission. The study also emphasizes upon zoonotic diseases, its impact on human health. Zoonotic diseases of great concern as they are often novel and unpredictable in nature. They can emerge anywhere and can spread rapidly around the world resulting the increase in the mortality rate of humans. The zoonotic diseases are of particular concern and the high- risk individuals are elderly, children, pregnant women and it mostly affects the immunosuppressed individuals (who possess a very low or weak immunity).Zoonotic diseases impact on the increase in the morbidity and mortality but also impacts upon the productivity losses in both humans and animal populations and has proven a high burden on human health and health systems.

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Dr. PreetiJeet Bansal, " Zoonotic Diseases: Its Classification, Mode of Transmission and Its Burden on Human Health , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 3, Issue 6, pp.1202-1220, September-October-2017.