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anthropozoonosis

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an·thro·po·zo·o·no·sis (nthr-p-z-nss)
n.
A zoonosis maintained in nature by animals and transmissible to humans.
anthropozoonosis
a disease of either animals or humans that may be transmitted from one species to the other.


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This viral anthropozoonosis is transmitted by mosquitoes; it causes abortion in animals and illness ranging from febrile syndrome to hemorrhagic fever and death in humans (1).
Rift Valley fever outbreak, Mauritania, 1998: seroepidemiologic, ... by Mathiot, Christian / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Another scenario suggests TB's initial introduction as a zoonosis that became an anthropozoonosis after cattle were domesticated (20,21).
Spoligotype Database of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Biogeographic ... by Rastogi, Nalin / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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