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Zoonosis

MedGen UID:
53131
•Concept ID:
C0043528
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Disease, Zoonotic; Disease, Zoonotic Infectious; Diseases, Zoonotic; Diseases, Zoonotic Infectious; Infection, Zoonotic; Infections, Zoonotic; Infectious Disease, Zoonotic; Infectious Diseases, Zoonotic; Zoonoses; Zoonotic Disease; Zoonotic Diseases; Zoonotic Infection; Zoonotic Infections; Zoonotic Infectious Disease; Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
SNOMED CT: Zoonosis (28762008)

Definition

Infection by an etiologic agent that can be passed between animals and humans. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Updated ACVIM consensus statement on leptospirosis in dogs.
Sykes JE, Francey T, Schuller S, Stoddard RA, Cowgill LD, Moore GE
J Vet Intern Med 2023 Nov-Dec;37(6):1966-1982. Epub 2023 Oct 20 doi: 10.1111/jvim.16903. PMID: 37861061Free PMC Article
Mpox - Formerly Monkey Pox - in Dermatology: A Review of Epidemiologic Features, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Català A, Riera J, Fuertes I
Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023 Apr;114(4):318-326. Epub 2023 Jan 20 doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2023.01.002. PMID: 36682683Free PMC Article
A review of the diagnosis and management of liver hydatid cyst.
Ferrer Inaebnit E, Molina Romero FX, Segura Sampedro JJ, González Argenté X, Morón Canis JM
Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2022 Jan;114(1):35-41. doi: 10.17235/reed.2021.7896/2021. PMID: 34034501

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Updated ACVIM consensus statement on leptospirosis in dogs.
Sykes JE, Francey T, Schuller S, Stoddard RA, Cowgill LD, Moore GE
J Vet Intern Med 2023 Nov-Dec;37(6):1966-1982. Epub 2023 Oct 20 doi: 10.1111/jvim.16903. PMID: 37861061Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of Lyme Disease.
Mead P
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2022 Sep;36(3):495-521. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.03.004. PMID: 36116831
The Best Medicine: Personal Pets and Therapy Animals in the Hospital Setting.
Barchas D, Melaragni M, Abrahim H, Barchas E
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2020 Jun;32(2):167-190. Epub 2020 Apr 8 doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2020.01.002. PMID: 32402314
Seroprevalence Brazil.
Fialho PMM, Correa CRS, Lescano SZ
Adv Parasitol 2020;109:357-374. Epub 2020 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2020.01.013. PMID: 32381207
Epidemiology of Lyme disease.
Mead PS
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2015 Jun;29(2):187-210. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2015.02.010. PMID: 25999219

Diagnosis

Updated ACVIM consensus statement on leptospirosis in dogs.
Sykes JE, Francey T, Schuller S, Stoddard RA, Cowgill LD, Moore GE
J Vet Intern Med 2023 Nov-Dec;37(6):1966-1982. Epub 2023 Oct 20 doi: 10.1111/jvim.16903. PMID: 37861061Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of Lyme Disease.
Mead P
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2022 Sep;36(3):495-521. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.03.004. PMID: 36116831
Seroprevalence Brazil.
Fialho PMM, Correa CRS, Lescano SZ
Adv Parasitol 2020;109:357-374. Epub 2020 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2020.01.013. PMID: 32381207
Salmonellosis in Hedgehogs.
Keeble E, Koterwas B
Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract 2020 May;23(2):459-470. doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2020.01.011. PMID: 32327048
Echinococcosis: Advances in the 21st Century.
Wen H, Vuitton L, Tuxun T, Li J, Vuitton DA, Zhang W, McManus DP
Clin Microbiol Rev 2019 Mar 20;32(2) Epub 2019 Feb 13 doi: 10.1128/CMR.00075-18. PMID: 30760475Free PMC Article

Therapy

Viral vectored vaccines: design, development, preventive and therapeutic applications in human diseases.
Wang S, Liang B, Wang W, Li L, Feng N, Zhao Y, Wang T, Yan F, Yang S, Xia X
Signal Transduct Target Ther 2023 Apr 7;8(1):149. doi: 10.1038/s41392-023-01408-5. PMID: 37029123Free PMC Article
Comprehensive literature review of monkeypox.
Hatmal MM, Al-Hatamleh MAI, Olaimat AN, Ahmad S, Hasan H, Ahmad Suhaimi NA, Albakri KA, Abedalbaset Alzyoud A, Kadir R, Mohamud R
Emerg Microbes Infect 2022 Dec;11(1):2600-2631. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2132882. PMID: 36263798Free PMC Article
Echinococcosis: Advances in the 21st Century.
Wen H, Vuitton L, Tuxun T, Li J, Vuitton DA, Zhang W, McManus DP
Clin Microbiol Rev 2019 Mar 20;32(2) Epub 2019 Feb 13 doi: 10.1128/CMR.00075-18. PMID: 30760475Free PMC Article
Understanding the virulence of Streptococcus suis: A veterinary, medical, and economic challenge.
Haas B, Grenier D
Med Mal Infect 2018 May;48(3):159-166. Epub 2017 Nov 6 doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2017.10.001. PMID: 29122409
Continuing challenges in influenza.
Webster RG, Govorkova EA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2014 Sep;1323(1):115-39. Epub 2014 May 30 doi: 10.1111/nyas.12462. PMID: 24891213Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Proteomics of post-translational modifications in colorectal cancer: Discovery of new biomarkers.
Zhu G, Jin L, Sun W, Wang S, Liu N
Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2022 Jul;1877(4):188735. Epub 2022 May 13 doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2022.188735. PMID: 35577141
Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study.
Shi T, McAllister DA, O'Brien KL, Simoes EAF, Madhi SA, Gessner BD, Polack FP, Balsells E, Acacio S, Aguayo C, Alassani I, Ali A, Antonio M, Awasthi S, Awori JO, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Baggett HC, Baillie VL, Balmaseda A, Barahona A, Basnet S, Bassat Q, Basualdo W, Bigogo G, Bont L, Breiman RF, Brooks WA, Broor S, Bruce N, Bruden D, Buchy P, Campbell S, Carosone-Link P, Chadha M, Chipeta J, Chou M, Clara W, Cohen C, de Cuellar E, Dang DA, Dash-Yandag B, Deloria-Knoll M, Dherani M, Eap T, Ebruke BE, Echavarria M, de Freitas Lázaro Emediato CC, Fasce RA, Feikin DR, Feng L, Gentile A, Gordon A, Goswami D, Goyet S, Groome M, Halasa N, Hirve S, Homaira N, Howie SRC, Jara J, Jroundi I, Kartasasmita CB, Khuri-Bulos N, Kotloff KL, Krishnan A, Libster R, Lopez O, Lucero MG, Lucion F, Lupisan SP, Marcone DN, McCracken JP, Mejia M, Moisi JC, Montgomery JM, Moore DP, Moraleda C, Moyes J, Munywoki P, Mutyara K, Nicol MP, Nokes DJ, Nymadawa P, da Costa Oliveira MT, Oshitani H, Pandey N, Paranhos-Baccalà G, Phillips LN, Picot VS, Rahman M, Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M, Rasmussen ZA, Rath BA, Robinson A, Romero C, Russomando G, Salimi V, Sawatwong P, Scheltema N, Schweiger B, Scott JAG, Seidenberg P, Shen K, Singleton R, Sotomayor V, Strand TA, Sutanto A, Sylla M, Tapia MD, Thamthitiwat S, Thomas ED, Tokarz R, Turner C, Venter M, Waicharoen S, Wang J, Watthanaworawit W, Yoshida LM, Yu H, Zar HJ, Campbell H, Nair H; RSV Global Epidemiology Network
Lancet 2017 Sep 2;390(10098):946-958. Epub 2017 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30938-8. PMID: 28689664Free PMC Article
Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic Review.
Costa F, Hagan JE, Calcagno J, Kane M, Torgerson P, Martinez-Silveira MS, Stein C, Abela-Ridder B, Ko AI
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015;9(9):e0003898. Epub 2015 Sep 17 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003898. PMID: 26379143Free PMC Article
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, an emerging tick-borne zoonosis.
Liu Q, He B, Huang SY, Wei F, Zhu XQ
Lancet Infect Dis 2014 Aug;14(8):763-772. Epub 2014 May 15 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70718-2. PMID: 24837566
Leptospirosis.
Rathinam SR, Namperumalsamy P
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 1999 Jun;7(2):109-18. doi: 10.1076/ocii.7.2.109.4020. PMID: 10420207

Clinical prediction guides

Influenza D in Domestic and Wild Animals.
Kwasnik M, Rola J, Rozek W
Viruses 2023 Dec 15;15(12) doi: 10.3390/v15122433. PMID: 38140674Free PMC Article
Tularemia in Germany-A Re-emerging Zoonosis.
Faber M, Heuner K, Jacob D, Grunow R
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018;8:40. Epub 2018 Feb 16 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00040. PMID: 29503812Free PMC Article
Orally-transmitted Chagas disease.
Filigheddu MT, Górgolas M, Ramos JM
Med Clin (Barc) 2017 Feb 9;148(3):125-131. Epub 2016 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.medcli.2016.10.038. PMID: 27993415
Pasteurella multocida: from zoonosis to cellular microbiology.
Wilson BA, Ho M
Clin Microbiol Rev 2013 Jul;26(3):631-55. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00024-13. PMID: 23824375Free PMC Article
Musculoskeletal brucellosis.
Arkun R, Mete BD
Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2011 Nov;15(5):470-9. Epub 2011 Nov 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1293493. PMID: 22081282

Recent systematic reviews

Exploring the diversity of tick-borne pathogens: The case of bacteria (Anaplasma, Rickettsia, Coxiella and Borrelia) protozoa (Babesia and Theileria) and viruses (Orthonairovirus, tick-borne encephalitis virus and louping ill virus) in the European continent.
Moraga-Fernández A, Muñoz-Hernández C, Sánchez-Sánchez M, Fernández de Mera IG, de la Fuente J
Vet Microbiol 2023 Nov;286:109892. Epub 2023 Oct 15 doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109892. PMID: 37866329
Toxocariasis in humans in Africa - A systematic review.
Lötsch F, Vingerling R, Spijker R, Grobusch MP
Travel Med Infect Dis 2017 Nov-Dec;20:15-25. Epub 2017 Oct 14 doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.10.009. PMID: 29037977
Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study.
Shi T, McAllister DA, O'Brien KL, Simoes EAF, Madhi SA, Gessner BD, Polack FP, Balsells E, Acacio S, Aguayo C, Alassani I, Ali A, Antonio M, Awasthi S, Awori JO, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Baggett HC, Baillie VL, Balmaseda A, Barahona A, Basnet S, Bassat Q, Basualdo W, Bigogo G, Bont L, Breiman RF, Brooks WA, Broor S, Bruce N, Bruden D, Buchy P, Campbell S, Carosone-Link P, Chadha M, Chipeta J, Chou M, Clara W, Cohen C, de Cuellar E, Dang DA, Dash-Yandag B, Deloria-Knoll M, Dherani M, Eap T, Ebruke BE, Echavarria M, de Freitas Lázaro Emediato CC, Fasce RA, Feikin DR, Feng L, Gentile A, Gordon A, Goswami D, Goyet S, Groome M, Halasa N, Hirve S, Homaira N, Howie SRC, Jara J, Jroundi I, Kartasasmita CB, Khuri-Bulos N, Kotloff KL, Krishnan A, Libster R, Lopez O, Lucero MG, Lucion F, Lupisan SP, Marcone DN, McCracken JP, Mejia M, Moisi JC, Montgomery JM, Moore DP, Moraleda C, Moyes J, Munywoki P, Mutyara K, Nicol MP, Nokes DJ, Nymadawa P, da Costa Oliveira MT, Oshitani H, Pandey N, Paranhos-Baccalà G, Phillips LN, Picot VS, Rahman M, Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M, Rasmussen ZA, Rath BA, Robinson A, Romero C, Russomando G, Salimi V, Sawatwong P, Scheltema N, Schweiger B, Scott JAG, Seidenberg P, Shen K, Singleton R, Sotomayor V, Strand TA, Sutanto A, Sylla M, Tapia MD, Thamthitiwat S, Thomas ED, Tokarz R, Turner C, Venter M, Waicharoen S, Wang J, Watthanaworawit W, Yoshida LM, Yu H, Zar HJ, Campbell H, Nair H; RSV Global Epidemiology Network
Lancet 2017 Sep 2;390(10098):946-958. Epub 2017 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30938-8. PMID: 28689664Free PMC Article
Clinical manifestations of scrub typhus.
Rajapakse S, Weeratunga P, Sivayoganathan S, Fernando SD
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2017 Feb 1;111(2):43-54. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trx017. PMID: 28449088
Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic Review.
Costa F, Hagan JE, Calcagno J, Kane M, Torgerson P, Martinez-Silveira MS, Stein C, Abela-Ridder B, Ko AI
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015;9(9):e0003898. Epub 2015 Sep 17 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003898. PMID: 26379143Free PMC Article

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