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zoonosis

[ UK /zuːnˈə‍ʊsɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans

How To Use zoonosis In A Sentence

  • Foot and mouth disease is a zoonosis, a disease transmissible to humans, but it crosses the species barrier with difficulty and with little effect.
  • Pandemic influenza remains a non-eradicable zoonosis, and SARS has made an unwelcome zoonotic incursion.
  • Brucellosis is a true zoonosis - in nearly all cases the infection is transmitted directly from animals to humans.
  • Worldwide, this zoonosis is primarily found in cattle, sheep, and goats, but many mammals and birds may also be infected.
  • The disease is classified as a zoonosis, which means that humans can be infected. Times, Sunday Times
  • Leptospirosis is ubiquitous in distribution and has the dubious distinction of being both an occupational disease and a zoonosis.
  • Anthrax is a zoonosis caused by Bacillus anthracis, to which man is relatively resistant, but one deep breath of weaponised aerosol may contain as many as 10 spores.
  • East African sleeping sickness, caused by T brucei rhodesiense, is a zoonosis with an extensive animal reservoir in ungulates, including game animals.
  • Just as pandemic influenza is now considered a noneradicable zoonosis, the question arises whether SARS is, too.
  • Pandemic influenza remains a non-eradicable zoonosis, and SARS has made an unwelcome zoonotic incursion.
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