What are the types of zoonosis?

The zoonotic diseases of most concern in the U.S. are:

  • Zoonotic influenza.
  • Salmonellosis.
  • West Nile virus.
  • Plague.
  • Emerging coronaviruses (e.g., severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome)
  • Rabies.
  • Brucellosis.
  • Lyme disease.

What is a zoonotic disease?

Disease Transmitted from Animals to Humans. A zoonosis (zoonotic disease or zoonoses -plural) is an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals).

What is reverse zoonosis?

Reverse zoonosis, in which a disease transmits from humans to animals, also poses threats to animal health as well as public health, due to the potential for animal disease reservoirs to form.

Is erysipelas a zoonotic disease?

Erysipelas is zoonotic. Erysipelas is a bacterial disease caused by infection with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. The disease is most often seen as septicemia, but urticarial and endocardial forms exist. E rhusiopathiae infects a wide range of both avian and mammalian hosts.

Is Covid reverse zoonotic?

Although there have only been rare reports of reverse zoonosis events associated with the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic from SARS-CoV-2 so far, comparison with the pH1N1 influenza pandemic can provide a better understanding of the possible consequences of such events for public and animal health.

How is erysipelas transmitted?

Newborns may contract erysipelas due to Streptococcus agalactiae, also known as group B streptococcus or GBS. The infecting bacteria can enter the skin through minor trauma, human, insect or animal bites, surgical incisions, ulcers, burns and abrasions.

Is there a vaccine for erysipelas?

Ingelvac® ERY-ALC is a safe, effective, one dose, live Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (erysipelas) vaccine. It is administered orally.