What is the term for a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans?

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30 Dec 2019
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A zoonosis refers to an infectious disease that can be passed from animals to humans or vice versa. This distinguishes it from other types of diseases such as sporadic, epidemic, or endemic diseases, which do not specifically involve animal-to-human transmission.

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