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The viruses that infect other vertebrates are related to those of humans and most families of viruses that cause human diseases are represented. [8] They are important pathogens of livestock and cause diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue . [ 9 ]
[5] [6] [7] Human infection with animal influenza viruses is rare, as they do not transmit easily to or among humans. [8] However, avian and swine influenza viruses in particular possess high zoonotic potential, [ 9 ] and these occasionally recombine with human strains of the flu and can cause pandemics such as the 2009 swine flu . [ 10 ]
Phylogenetically, mouse hepatitis virus (Murine coronavirus), which infects the mouse's liver and central nervous system, [90] is related to human coronavirus OC43 and bovine coronavirus. Human coronavirus HKU1, like the aforementioned viruses, also has its origins in rodents. [75]
Of those, 79% involved a virus going from one animal species to another animal species. ... humans give more viruses - about twice as many - to animals than they give to us. ... Related articles ...
Cross-species transmission is the most significant cause of disease emergence in humans and other species. [citation needed] Wildlife zoonotic diseases of microbial origin are also the most common group of human emerging diseases, and CST between wildlife and livestock has appreciable economic impacts in agriculture by reducing livestock productivity and imposing export restrictions. [2]
[13]: 802 Plant viruses cannot infect humans and other animals because they can reproduce only in living plant cells. [13]: 799–807 Originally from Peru, the potato has become a staple crop worldwide. [180] The potato virus Y causes disease in potatoes and related species including tomatoes and peppers. In the 1980s, this virus acquired ...
Viruses are a major cause of human waterborne and water-related diseases. Waterborne diseases are caused by water that is contaminated by human and animal urine and feces that contain pathogenic microorganisms. A subject can get infected through contact with or consumption of the contaminated water.
The human virome is the total collection of viruses in and on the human body. [1] [2] [3] Viruses in the human body may infect both human cells and other microbes such as bacteria (as with bacteriophages). [4] Some viruses cause disease, while others may be asymptomatic.