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Several articles, recent to early 2014, warn that human activities are spreading vector-borne zoonotic diseases. [a] Several articles were published in the medical journal The Lancet, and discuss how rapid changes in land use, trade globalization, climate change and "social upheaval" are causing a resurgence in zoonotic disease across the world ...
Zoonosis. A zoonosis ( / zoʊˈɒnəsɪs, ˌzoʊəˈnoʊsɪs / ⓘ; [ 1] plural 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 (usually a vertebrate) to a human and vice versa. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Major modern ...
Trypanosoma brucei is a species of parasitic kinetoplastid belonging to the genus Trypanosoma that is present in sub-Saharan Africa. Unlike other protozoan parasites that normally infect blood and tissue cells, it is exclusively extracellular and inhabits the blood plasma and body fluids. [ 1] It causes deadly vector-borne diseases: African ...
Babesiosis or piroplasmosis is a malaria -like parasitic disease caused by infection with a eukaryotic parasite in the order Piroplasmida, typically a Babesia or Theileria, in the phylum Apicomplexa. [ 2] Human babesiosis transmission via tick bite is most common in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and parts of Europe, and sporadic ...
A canine vector-borne disease ( CVBD) is one of "a group of globally distributed and rapidly spreading illnesses that are caused by a range of pathogens transmitted by arthropods including ticks, fleas, mosquitoes and phlebotomine sandflies ." [1] CVBDs are important in the fields of veterinary medicine, animal welfare, and public health. [1]
Borrelia is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum. [ 1] Several species cause Lyme disease, also called Lyme borreliosis, a zoonotic, vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks. Other species of Borrelia cause relapsing fever, and are transmitted by ticks or lice, depending on the species of bacteria. [ 2]
Veterinary medicine. Anaplasmosis is a tick -borne disease affecting ruminants, dogs, and horses, [ 1] and is caused by Anaplasma bacteria. Anaplasmosis is an infectious but not contagious disease. Anaplasmosis can be transmitted through mechanical and biological vector processes. Anaplasmosis can also be referred to as "yellow bag" or "yellow ...
A number of animals, wild or domesticated, carry infectious diseases and approximately 75% of wildlife diseases are vector-borne viral zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic diseases are complex infections residing in animals and can be transmitted to humans. The emergence of zoonotic diseases usually occurs in three stages. Initially the disease is ...