{"id":85489,"date":"2020-03-30T21:32:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T16:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14521"},"modified":"2020-03-30T21:32:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T16:02:59","slug":"zoonotic-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zoonotic-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoonotic Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been emergence and outbreaks of multiple zoonotic diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Definition:<\/strong> Type of disease that passes from an animal or insect to a human.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Diseases<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Features<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nipah<\/td><td>Host: Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family\u00a0<br>transmitted to humans from animals (such as bats or pigs), or contaminated foods and <br>transmitted directly from human-to-human.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zika<\/td><td>transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes.\u00a0<br>infected people can transmit Zika through transfer of body fluids including sexual intercourse<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ebola<\/td><td>6 species of Ebola Virus identified till date: Zaire, Bundibugyo, Sudan, Ta\u00ef Forest, Reston and Bombali.<br>Host:fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family<br>Transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Avian\/Bird Flu<\/td><td>caused by H5N1 virus, a subtype of the influenza A virus.\u00a0<br>Human infections occur through infected bird-to-human contact or contact with surfaces and objects contaminated by their droppings. <br>Human-human transmission is limited<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Swine Flu<\/td><td>Caused by H1N1 virus\u00a0<br>occur in people with direct exposure to pigs spread from person to person, similar to seasonal influenza viruses.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kyasanur forest disease<\/td><td>caused by Kyasanur Forest disease Virus(KFDV), a member of the virus family Flaviviridae<br>Host: Rodents, shrews and monkeys after being bitten by an infected tick. <br>Transmission to humans occur after a tick bite or contact with an infected animal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rabies<\/td><td>caused by Ribonucleic Acid(RNA) virus that is present in the saliva of a rabid animal.<br>Transmitted to humans following a bite of a rabid animal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>West Nile Virus<\/td><td>caused by the West Nile Virus<br>Natural Host: BirdsTransmits to humans through bites from infected Culex mosquitoes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Monkeypox&nbsp;<\/td><td>caused by monkeypox virus transmitted to people from wild animals such as rodents and primates<br>Human-to-human transmission caused by contact with lesions, body fluids, respiratory droplets and contaminated materials<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dengue<\/td><td>Caused by Dengue virus belonging to the genus Flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae<br>Transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female Aedes Aegypti mosquito<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Malaria<\/td><td>caused by Plasmodium parasites\u00a0<br>transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hantavirus<\/td><td>family of viruses which are spread mainly by rodents <br>does not spread from one person to another <br>can be contracted if someone comes in contact with a rodent that carries the virus.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been emergence and outbreaks of multiple zoonotic diseases. Facts: Definition: Type of disease that passes from an animal or insect to a human. 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