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… is the causative agent of anthrax, a serious and globally distributed zoonosis affecting a wide range of wild and domestic animals, invariably also humans. However, although known to humans since biblical times, much remains to be elucidated concerning the ecology and …
en risk för immunsupprimerade personer
… risk of catching zoonoses from their companion animals? How are the owners of zoonosis-infected animals being informed by their veterinarians about zoonoses? Does veterinary medicine and human medicine communicate about zoonoses, in order to take the best care of …
This paper is a compilation of some of the important viral zoonosis that can be passed from apes and simians (simian and prosimian) to man. Viral zoonoses are viral diseases that can be passed from animals to humans. The paper will also provide a better insight of the risks …
… different genotypes of HEV and many studies consider HEV infection to be a zoonosis. Scientists have by using phylogenetic analyses found great genetic similarity between strains isolated from humans, pigs and food, such as pork and liver, especially among viruses belonging to …
an investigation of knowledge, attitude and practices in peri-urban farming around the region of Dushanbe, Tajikistan
… land and high mortalities in livestock owing to diseases. Brucellosis is a zoonosis, and is therefore naturally transmitted between humans and other vertebrates. With the continuous and inevitable interaction of mankind and animals, the existence of brucellosis ” that is endemic …
the curious case of a water- and mosquito associated bacterium in Sweden
Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of the zoonotic disease tularaemia, is highly contagious and potentially fatal for a wide range of wildlife species of the northern hemisphere, also humans. Although recognized as a pathogen for over 100 years, much still remains to be …
Listeria monocytogenes är en bakterie som förekommer i livsmedel. Friska personer kan få i sig bakterien utan att det orsakar sjukdom, men stora mängder kan leda till en icke-invasiv form av listerios som ger gastrointestinala besvär. Gravida kvinnor och andra personer med …
… har serovaren S. Enteritidis störst betydelse. EU-kommissionens "Zoonosis Directive" från 2003 innehåller regelverk för kontroll av zoonoser inom EU. Arten Salmonella spp. är en av de åtta mikroorganismer i direktivet som EU:s medlemsländer måste övervaka. Vidare syftar …
A zoonosis is a disease or infection that is naturally transmitted between vertebrate animals and humans. The majority of infectious diseases that affect humans are zoonoses. Environments where wild animals, domestic animals and humans live in close proximity with no or small …
… disease mainly affects domestic livestock, causing abortions, but is also a zoonosis. To be able to control the spread of the disease it is important with surveillance for better knowledge about the distribution and virus circulation even in inter-epidemic/epizootic periods. The …
dess orsak och verkan samt risken för spridning till Europa
Rift Valley fever (RVF) är en zoonotisk, vektorburen sjukdom som orsakas av ett Phlebovirus och sprids med hjälp av myggor. RVF är epizootiklassad och drabbar framförallt får, getter och nötkreatur varav unga individer är känsligast för infektionen. Symptomen utgörs av massiva …
en zoonos bortom kontroll?
Omkring en tredjedel av världens befolkning tros vara bärare av tuberkulosbakterier och under 2012 beräknas 1,3 miljoner människor ha mist livet i sviterna av sjukdomen. Det gör tuberkulos till den infektionssjukdom som, näst efter AIDS, orsakar flest dödsfall bland människor …
en omvänd zoonos?
Helicobacter spp. är gramnegativa bakterier med en spiralformad, böjd eller rak kropp utan några förgreningar. De har en snabb och riktad rörelseförmåga mot magsäckens slemhinna tack vare sina flageller som kan vara unipolära eller bipolära. Virulensfaktorerna varierar inom …
… It was first identified in the Rift Valley in Kenya in 1930. The disease is a zoonosis but mainly affects domestic ruminants inducing massive abortions and a high mortality among young animals. RVF has a significant negative socio-economic impact during outbreaks in affected …
