Animal and zoonosis: describe the real contact

The distinctions that change reading

Specific contact

Note species, country, activity and contact with skin, wound or mucous membrane.

Animal sick or dead

Follow the instructions of the veterinary authorities; avoid moving or handling a suspect animal without instructions.

Two circuits

Human health authorities and veterinary services shall review additional data.

Practical issues

Is a bite the only mode of transmission of a zoonose?

No. The fact sheets also describe food, vector or contaminated material exposures.

Before interpreting a sheet

Find the agent's name, the indicated routes and the primary source. Then check the date and territory of this source. A section helps to compare; it does not determine a person's medical conduct.

Composition, provenance and limitations of data →

Documented agents and contexts — no estimate of individual risk
Sickness or syndrome	Agent indicated	Pathways and context	Deepening
Mpox	Virus monkeypox	Close contact Animal / zoonosis Mother and child transmission	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Rabies	Lyssavirus	Animal / zoonosis Close contact	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Hepatitis E	Hepatitis E virus	Water and food Animal / zoonosis	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Ebola virus disease	Orthoebolavirus spp.	Close contact Animal / zoonosis	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Marburg virus disease	Orthomarburgvirus marburgense	Animal / zoonosis Close contact	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Lassa fever	Mammarenavirus of Lassa	Animal / zoonosis Close contact	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
MERS	MERS-CoV	Respiratory Animal / zoonosis Close contact	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Hantavirus infection	Orthohantavirus spp.	Animal / zoonosis Environment	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever	Crimea-Congo Orthonairovirus	Vector Animal / zoonosis Close contact	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Rift Valley fever	Phlebovirus of the Rift Valley	Animal / zoonosis Vector	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Nipah Virus Infection	Henipavirus nipahense	Animal / zoonosis Water and food Close contact	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Zoonotic avian influenza	Avian influenza virus	Animal / zoonosis Close contact	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis	Lymphocyte choriomeningitis virus	Animal / zoonosis Environment	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Non-typhoidal salmonellosis	Salmonella spp.	Water and food Animal / zoonosis	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Plague	Yersinia pestis	Vector Animal / zoonosis Respiratory	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Leptospirosis	Leptospira spp.	Animal / zoonosis Environment	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Brucellosis	Brucella spp.	Animal / zoonosis Water and food	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Campylobacteriosis	Campylobacter spp.	Water and food Animal / zoonosis	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Anthrax	Bacillus anthracis	Animal / zoonosis Environment Water and food	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Tularemia	Francisella tularensis	Animal / zoonosis Vector Environment	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Q fever	Coxiella burnetii	Animal / zoonosis Environment Respiratory	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli infection	Escherichia coli STEC	Water and food Animal / zoonosis Close contact	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Psittacosis	Chlamydia psittaci	Animal / zoonosis Respiratory Environment	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Yersiniosis	Yersinia enterocolitica	Water and food Animal / zoonosis	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Toxoplasmosis	Toxoplasma gondii	Water and food Animal / zoonosis Mother and child transmission	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Echinococcosis	Echinococcus spp.	Animal / zoonosis Water and food Environment	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Taeniasis and cysticercosis	Taenia solium	Water and food Animal / zoonosis Close contact	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Cryptosporidiosis	Cryptosporidium spp.	Water and food Close contact Animal / zoonosis	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Trichinellosis	Trichinella spp.	Water and food Animal / zoonosis	Fact sheet · CDC Reference
Fascioliasis	Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica	Water and food Animal / zoonosis	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Paragonimiasis	Paragonimus spp.	Water and food Animal / zoonosis	Fact sheet · WHO Reference
Sporotrichosis	Sporothrix spp.	Environment Animal / zoonosis Close contact	Fact sheet · WHO Reference

Documented agents and contexts — no estimate of individual risk

Sickness or syndrome

Agent indicated

Pathways and context

Deepening

Mpox

Virus monkeypox

Close contact
Animal / zoonosis
Mother and child transmission

Fact sheet · WHO Reference

Rabies

Lyssavirus

Animal / zoonosis
Close contact