Intro: Statistically speaking, the number of diseases crossing from animals to humans has decreased in the past decades, yet ...

Animals, as cute as some of them may be, can be a source of illness for humans. These so-called zoonotic diseases can ...

Global risks of zoonotic disease are high on policy agendas. Increasingly, Africa is seen as a ‘hotspot’, with likely disease spillovers from animals to humans. This paper explores the social ... time ...

Luckily, there are only a little over 1,000 virus strains known to infect humans, the majority of which come from other animals. They're part of a group called zoonotic diseases, caused by ...

Did you know that around 70% of infectious diseases that affect people start in animals? These ‘zoonotic’ diseases have been responsible for all recent outbreaks and pandemics that have threatened our ...

as well as to reduce flu illness in humans and animals. Additionally, West Nile virus is one of the top eight zoonotic diseases of national concern in the US, also serving as an example of the ...

Surveillance should not be limited to humans. Monitoring diseases in domestic and wild animals can provide an early warning of diseases that might spill over into humans. One major challenge with ...

driven by the increasing prevalence of zoonotic diseases and the rising adoption of companion animals. Technological advancements, including AI, molecular diagnostics, and wearable devices ...

Fairly quickly, the team ruled out apes and other large animals as the zoonotic host for this Ebola outbreak. Numbers of grazing animals in West Africa appeared unaffected, and great ape populations ...

meaning it was probably transferred from animals to humans. Zoonotic diseases are not uncommon. SARS, MERS, Zika, and Ebola are all zoonotic diseases — and more new ones are emerging.

April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) – the leading authority on vector-borne diseases affecting pets and people – warns in its just-released ...