saprozoonosis

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A zoonosis whose causative agent requires both a vertebrate host and a nonanimal reservoir or developmental site for completion of its life cycle.

saprozoonosis

zoonosis which uses soil, water or decaying organic matter as a reservoir, e.g. coccidioidomycosis, tetanus.

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