Most Common Zoonotic Diseases: Transmitted from Animals to Humans

Aparna Durga

Abstract

An infectious disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans with or without vectors. Main concept of this article is on the most common bacterial zoonotic diseases in the animals. Approximately 1500 pathogens have been identified which are infected to humans and 61% of these cause zoonotic diseases. There are number of microbial agents that cause zoonotic diseases such as bacterium, fungus, virus, parasites and other types of agents.