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  2. Wildlife trade and zoonoses - Wikipedia

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    A number of animals, wild or domesticated, carry infectious diseases and approximately 75% of wildlife diseases are vector-borne viral zoonotic diseases. [13] Zoonotic diseases are complex infections residing in animals and can be transmitted to humans. The emergence of zoonotic diseases usually occurs in three stages.

  3. Zoonosis - Wikipedia

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    A zoonosis (/ z oʊ ˈ ɒ n ə s ɪ s, ˌ z oʊ ə ˈ n oʊ s ɪ s / ⓘ; [1] pl.: zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) that can jump from a non-human vertebrate to a human.

  4. Usutu virus - Wikipedia

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    Usutu virus (USUV) is a flavivirus belonging to the Japanese encephalitis complex, which is an emerging zoonotic arbovirus of concern because of its pathogenicity to humans and its similarity in ecology with other emerging arboviruses such as West Nile virus. [1] It mainly infects Culex mosquitoes and birds; humans form a dead-end host.

  5. These 4 lethal viruses could fuel the next pandemic, new ...

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    Called zoonotic viruses, they spill over from animals to humans, who can then transmit them to other humans. Liberian Red Cross "burial" team, in Monrovia, Liberia, on October 14, 2014.

  6. Rinderpest - Wikipedia

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    The measles virus may have emerged from rinderpest as a zoonotic disease around 600 BC, a period that coincides with the rise of large human settlements. [9] [10] After a global eradication campaign that began in the mid-20th century, the last confirmed case of rinderpest was diagnosed in 2001. [11]

  7. Western African Ebola epidemic - Wikipedia

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    Of the four disease-causing viruses in the genus Ebolavirus, Ebola virus (or the Zaire Ebola virus) is dangerous and is the virus responsible for the epidemic in Western Africa. [ 236 ] [ 237 ] Since the discovery of the viruses in 1976, Ebola virus disease has been confined to areas in Middle Africa, where it is native.

  8. 2022–2023 mpox outbreak - Wikipedia

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    South Africa: On 26 May, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) gave a communiqué on how the virus is transmitted, and the institute stated that the 2022 outbreak is the largest outbreak of mpox outside of endemic regions. In addition, the NICD affirmed that the virus mainly spreads in tropical forest areas in West and Central ...

  9. Zaire ebolavirus - Wikipedia

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    Zaire ebolavirus, more commonly known as Ebola virus (/ i ˈ b oʊ l ə, ɪ-/; EBOV), is one of six known species within the genus Ebolavirus. [1] Four of the six known ebolaviruses, including EBOV, cause a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other mammals, known as Ebola virus disease (EVD).