(from the article `animal disease`) ...and invertebrate animals are required as intermediate hosts in the transmission to humans of metazoonoses; arboviral and trypanosomal diseases are ...
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A zoonosis the agent of which requires both a vertebrate host and a nonanimal (food, soil, plant) reservoir or developmental site for completion of its cycle. Combination terms may be used, such as saprometazoonoses for fluke infections, when metacercariae encyst on plants, or saprocyclozoonoses for tick infestations, whose agents complete part of ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sap′rō-zō′ō-nō′sis Definitions: 1. A zoonosis, the agent of which requires both a vertebrate host and a nonanimal (food, soil, plant) reservoir or developmental site for completion of its life cycle. Combination terms may be used, such as saprometazoonoses for fluke infections, when me...
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saprozoonosis An animal disease that requires both a vertebrate host and a nonanimal (food, soil, plant) reservoir or developmental site for completion of its life cycle. Examples include: Botulism, a paralytic, often fatal illness, caused by ingestion of food contaminated with a preformed toxin. Coccidioidomycosis, an infection which is limited ...
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