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  2. Veterinary virology - Wikipedia

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    Parvoviruses are among the smallest viruses (hence the name, from Latin parvus meaning small) and are 18–28 nm in diameter. [16] Parvoviruses can cause disease in some animals, including starfish and humans. Because the viruses require actively dividing cells to replicate, the type of tissue infected varies with the age of the animal.

  3. Animal virus - Wikipedia

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    Canine distemper virus is closely related to measles virus and is the most important viral disease of dogs. The disease (which was first described in 1760, by Edward Jenner, the pioneer of smallpox vaccination, is highly contagious, but is well controlled by vaccination. In the 1990s, thousands of African lions died from the infection, which ...

  4. Zoonosis - Wikipedia

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    Zoonoses can be caused by a range of disease pathogens such as emergent viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites; of 1,415 pathogens known to infect humans, 61% were zoonotic. [11] Most human diseases originated in non-humans; however, only diseases that routinely involve non-human to human transmission, such as rabies, are considered direct ...

  5. Category:Animal viral diseases - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Animal viral diseases" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 210 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Tick-borne disease - Wikipedia

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    Tick-borne diseases, which afflict humans and other animals, are caused by infectious agents transmitted by tick bites. [1] They are caused by infection with a variety of pathogens , including rickettsia and other types of bacteria , viruses , and protozoa . [ 2 ]

  7. Bovine viral diarrhea - Wikipedia

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    Virus is transmitted via direct contact, bodily secretions and contaminated fomites, with the virus being able to persist in the environment for more than two weeks. Persistently infected animals are the most important source of the virus, continuously excreting a viral load one thousand times that shed by acutely infected animals. [19]

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

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    The number of viral spillover events of these four viruses from animals to humans increased by 5% annually from 1963 through 2019. ... The duo of viruses caused more than 90% of the 17,000-plus ...

  9. Outline of infectious disease concepts - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to concepts related to infectious diseases in humans.. Infection – transmission, entry/invasion after evading/overcoming defense, establishment, and replication of disease-causing microscopic organisms (pathogens) inside a host organism, and the reaction of host tissues to them and to the toxins they produce.