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people through a variety of infection routes. rabies, Salmonellosis, ringworm, Brucellosis,
Common modes of transmission include animal Lyme disease and Leishmaniasis. Some diseases
bites, aerosol, faecal–oral, arthropod vectors and can also be transmitted back from humans to
direct or indirect (that is, via the environment) animals, for example, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
animal-to-human contact. Examples of com- and influenza A viruses (these can be considered
mon zoonotic diseases include West Nile virus, ‘reverse zoonoses’).
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