50 million people worldwide suffer from animal diseases

A recent study found that between 2000 and 2005, about 50 million people worldwide were infected with cattle and mosquitoes, of which 78,000 died.

Animal-to-human diseases are on the rise - (Artwork: petsalley)

Through monitoring past studies, virologist Jonathan Heeney at the Dutch Primate Research Center found animal-to-human diseases are on the rise, including inflammatory syndrome Acute respiratory tract (SARS), West-Nile virus disease, Ebola virus .

The " killers " in animal-to-human transmission from 2000-2005 include: rabies (killing about 30,000 people), Dengue virus (making 50 million people infected, killing about 25,000 people), Japanese encephalitis virus (killing 15,000 people), Lassa fever (killing about 5,000 people and affecting 300,000 people), SARS virus (killing 774 people).

According to experts, rabies spreads from animals such as dogs, cats, bats and horses. Dengue virus and Japanese encephalitis virus are transmitted by mosquitoes. Lassa fever is transmitted through a species of mouse, and the host of the SARS virus has not yet been identified.

There are currently no effective vaccines for some animal-to-human viral infections. According to Heeney, doctors and veterinarians should work together to address this growing global threat.

Among animal-to-human viruses, the H5N1 avian influenza virus is currently the No. 1 concern because of its ability to spread from chickens to other birds and to humans, and because the virus can transform into a new form. Can easily spread from person to person. Statistics show that the virus killed half of the 145 infected people.

14 main diseases that humans suffer from animals:

1. AIDS.People suffer from the HIV virus from humanoid gibbon species in Central Africa.Currently, nearly 24 million people die from this disease.

2. Acute pneumonia.Humans may have spread the disease from civets.The epidemic hit thousands of people, hundreds of them died.

3. Dengue fever.This pathogen is a mosquito.The first outbreaks broke out in the 1950s in Thailand and the Philippines.In the 1970s the epidemic spread to 9 countries.Sporadic outbreaks now occur in 100 countries.

4. Ebola fever.There is a theory that humans are infected with this virus from human gibbons.Pathogens are transmitted through direct contact with the blood and excretion of the patient.In the 1970s, Ebola disease broke out in Sudan to kill 90% of infected people.

5. Yellow fever.People spread the virus that causes this disease from humanoid apes in Central Africa.Mosquitoes are vectors.The first yellow fever cases were nearly 400 years ago.The yellow fever vaccine has been developed for 60 years.

6. West Nil fever.Humans infected with the virus cause this disease from birds and through mosquitoes.This fever is dangerous from high mortality.The cases were recorded not only in Africa but also in Asia, Europe and North America.

7. Malaria.The causative agent of malaria infects humans when it is burned by anoxic mosquitoes.Every year, nearly 300 million people get sick, one million of them die.

8. Laima disease.People infected with pathogenic bacteria through deer and mice.Symptoms of the disease are like flu, but the disease occurs in more severe forms and causes arthritis.In the 1970s, the disease first occurred in the city of the same name in the US so it was brought there.

9. Smallpox.People spread camel disease.The disease is famous 3,000 years ago and for a long time the main cause of death.Many famous historical figures are also victims of smallpox, such as Pie the Great of Russia and the French King Ludowic 15. According to the historians' evaluation, at the end of the nineteenth century each year there are nearly 50 million people get smallpox.The mortality rate from smallpox exceeds 30% of the total number of infected people.The last case of smallpox took place in 1977.

10. Monkey smallpox.Humans are infected with this disease from yellow rats.The cases were recorded at the end of May last year in the United States.The disease also evolves as a smallpox but is milder and not fatal.

11. Bubonic plague.Humans are infected by rats and other rodents.The causative agent is transmitted through the bite.The first plague broke out in the 6th century and in Vizantia: In nearly 50 years nearly 100 million people died.In the fourteenth century, Eastern plague claimed the lives of about one-third of Asia and Europe's population.At the end of the nineteenth century, a third global plague struck over 100 ports in the world.In 1999 it broke out in 14 countries, mainly in Africa, with more than 2.6 thousand people infected, 212 of whom died.

12. Illness in the brain (often known as mad cow disease).People spread this disease from cows.In the sporadic world, there are a few fatal cases of eating beef containing pathogens that attack the brain.Cases of mad cow disease occur in different countries.This disease is harmful to European agriculture about 60-120 billion dollars.

13. Encephalitis.Humans receive encephalitis agents from rodents and birds.Mosquitoes and bugs are also vectors that carry viruses.Every year, 100-200 thousand people suffer from different encephalitis, 10-15 thousand people died.

14. Salmonella disease .People get it from cows, pigs, goats, ducks and geese when eggs and food have salmonella.There are also cases of death from this disease.

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