(1) Pandemic influenza remains a non-eradicable zoonosis , and SARS has made an unwelcome zoonotic incursion.(2) Foot and mouth disease is a zoonosis , a disease transmissible to humans, but it crosses the species barrier with difficulty and with little effect.(3) East African sleeping sickness, caused by T brucei rhodesiense, is a zoonosis with an extensive animal reservoir in ungulates, including game animals.(4) Chagas' disease is a complex zoonosis , primarily transmitted by triatomine bugs, which infest poor quality housing.(5) Worldwide, this zoonosis is primarily found in cattle, sheep, and goats, but many mammals and birds may also be infected.(6) Brucellosis is a true zoonosis - in nearly all cases the infection is transmitted directly from animals to humans.(7) 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.(8) Just as pandemic influenza is now considered a noneradicable zoonosis , the question arises whether SARS is, too.(9) Anthrax is a zoonosis , accidentally transmitted from herbivores to humans with no onward person to person transmission.(10) Leptospirosis is ubiquitous in distribution and has the dubious distinction of being both an occupational disease and a zoonosis .(11) ‘Such situations penalize countries with a good and transparent surveillance system for animal diseases and zoonoses , and which have demonstrated their ability to control the risks identified,’ the OIE said.(12) The researchers concluded that possibly for children, if not for adults, a variety of minor zoonoses and/or allergies may be significant consequences of keeping a dog, at least during the first 12 months or so of ownership.(13) Other zoonoses involving wild birds are also gaining prominence as disease issues.(14) We have worked together - and with many colleagues - on influenza and other zoonotic infections that threaten human health in a variety of ways.(15) Seven animals were initially tested and found free of zoonoses (Chlamydia psittaci, Mycobacterium pseudotuberculosis, Brucella, and Coxiella burnetti).(16) Pandemic influenza remains a non-eradicable zoonosis, and SARS has made an unwelcome zoonotic incursion.
