What is a zoonosis?
Q: What is a zoonosis?
A: A zoonosis is an infectious disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans.
Q: What are some causes of zoonotic diseases?
A: Zoonotic diseases can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites.
Q: How common are zoonotic diseases?
A: Zoonotic diseases are very common - about 60% of all infectious diseases in humans are spread by animals.
Q: What are the different ways in which zoonotic diseases can be spread?
A: Zoonotic diseases can be spread through direct contact with a sick animal or through a vector, which is an animal that carries a pathogen without getting infected.
Q: What is direct zoonosis?
A: Direct zoonosis is when a zoonotic disease is spread from a sick animal directly to a human, for example through bites or infected saliva.
Q: What are vector-borne diseases?
A: Vector-borne diseases are diseases that are spread by a vector - an animal that carries the pathogen without getting infected.
Q: Can a vector-borne disease be spread from an animal to a human without the vector getting sick?
A: Yes, a vector-borne disease can be spread from an animal to a human without the vector getting sick, because the vector carries the disease-causing pathogen but does not necessarily become ill from it.
