A partial list of zoonoses

disease causative organism animals principally involved

Viral diseases

arbovirus infections

febrile illnesses

hemorrhagic fever

epidemicnephrosonephritis

encephalitis (mosquito-

borne and tick-borne) various arboviruses rodents, birds, equines, goats, sheep, monkeys, swine, marsupials

encephalomyocarditis encephalomyocarditis virus rodents

herpes B virus disease herpes B virus monkeys

herpes T (= M) virus infection herpes T (= M) virus monkeys

influenza influenza virus type A swine

lymphocytic choriomeningitis lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus mice, dogs, monkeys

Newcastle disease Newcastle disease virus chickens

poxvirus infections

buffalopox

buffalopox virus buffalo

camelpox

camelpox virus camels

cowpox

cowpox or vaccinia virus cattle

orf (contagious ecthyma)

contagious ecthyma virus sheep and goats

paravaccinia (milkers' nodules)

paravaccinia virus cattle

yaba disease

yaba virus monkeys

rabies rabies virus carnivores, bats, and other wild animals

sendai virus disease sendai virus swine, rodents

cat-scratch disease cat-scratch virus cats

Rickettsial diseases

flea-borne

murine (endemic typhus)

Rickettsia mooseri rats, mice

mite-borne

rickettsial pox

R. akari mice

scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi)

R. tsutsugamushi rodents

tick-borne

(North) Queensland tick typhus

R. australis bandicoots, rodents

spotted fever (including Rocky Mountain, Brazilian, and Colombian spotted fevers)

R. rickettsii dogs, rodents, and other animals

fièvre boutonneuse

R. conorii

Kenya typhus

R. conorii

South African tick typhus

R. conorii dogs, rodents

Indian tick typhus

R. conorii

North Asian tick-borne rickettsiosis R. sibericus rodents

Q fever Coxiella burnetii cattle, sheep, goats, and other domesticated and wild mammals, birds

Bedsonia infection

psittacosis (ornithosis) psittacosis (PLT) group (Bedsonia) psittacines and other birds

Bacterial diseases

anthrax Bacillus anthracis ruminants, equines, swine

brucellosis Brucella abortus, B. suis, B. melitensis cattle, swine, goats, sheep, horses

enterobacterial infections

Arizona infections

Salmonella species poultry, swine, dogs, reptiles

colibacillosis

E. coli poultry, swine, dogs

salmonellosis

Salmonella species mammals and birds

erysipeloid Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae swine, poultry, fish

glanders Actinobacillus mallei equines

leptospirosis Leptospira interrogans rodents, dogs, swine, cattle, bandicoots

listeriosis Listeria monocytogenes rodents, sheep, cattle, swine

melioidosis Pseudomonas pseudomallei rodents, sheep, cattle, swine

pasteurellosis Pasteurella multocida, P. haemolytica mammals, birds

plague Pasteurella pestis rodents

pseudotuberculosis Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis rodents, cats, fowl

rat-bite fever Spirillum minus, Streptobacillus moniliformis rodents

relapsing fever (tick-borne) Borrelia species rodents

staphylococcosis Staphylococcus aureus cattle, dogs, occasionally other animals

streptococcosis Streptococcus species mammals

tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. hominis dogs, swine, monkeys

M. bovis cattle, goats, swine, cats

M. avium poultry, swine, cattle

tularaemia Pasteurella tularensis rabbits, hares, sheep, wild rodents

vibriosis Vibrio fetus;

V. parahaemolyticus cattle, sheep

fish

Fungal disease

dermatophytosis

ringworm, favus

Microsporum species cats, dogs, horses

Trichophyton species horses, cattle, poultry, small mammals

Protozoal diseases

amebiasis Entamoeba histolytica dogs, lower primates

balantidiasis Balantidium coli swine

coccidiosis Isospora species dogs

leishmaniasis

kala-azar

Leishmania donovani dogs

Oriental sore

Leishmania tropica dogs, rodents

American

Leishmania species dogs, wild mammals

malaria Plasmodium knowlesi monkeys

P. simium monkeys

P. cynomolgi monkeys

pneumocystis infection Pneumocystis carinii dogs

toxoplasmosis Toxoplasma gondii mammals, birds

trypanosomiasis Trypanosoma cruzi dogs, small mammals

T. rangeli

T. rhodesiense antelope, cattle

Platyhelminthic diseases

trematode (fluke) diseases

amphistomiasis

Gastrodiscoides hominis swine

cercarial dermatitis

Schistosoma species birds, mammals

clonorchiasis

Clonorchis sinensis dogs, cats, swine, wild mammals, fish

dicrocoeliasis

Dicrocoelium species ruminants

echinostomiasis

Echinostoma ilocanum cats, dogs, rodents

Echinostoma species

fascioliasis

Fasciola hepatica, F. gigantica ruminants

fasciolopsiasis

Fasciolopsis buski swine, dogs

heterophyiasis

Heterophyes heterophyes (and other heterophids) cats, dogs, fish

metagonimiasis

Metagonimus yokogawai cats, dogs, fish

opisthorchiasis

Opisthorchis felineus cats, dogs

Opisthorchis viverrini, other species wildlife, fish

paragonimiasis

Paragonimus westermani, other species cats, dogs, wildlife

schistosomiasis

Schistosoma japonicum wild and domestic mammals

S. mansoni baboons, rodents

S. mattheei, occasionally other species cattle, sheep, antelopes

cestode (tapeworm) diseases

bertiella infection

Bertiella studeri primates

diphyllobothriasis

Diphyllobothrium latum fish, carnivores

dipylidiasis

Dipylidium caninum dogs, cats

echinococcosis

Echinococcus granulosus dogs, wild carnivores, domestic and wild ungulates

E. multilocularis foxes, dogs, rodents

hymenolepiasis

Hymenolepis diminuta, H. nana rats, mice

inermicapsifer infection

Inermicapsifer madagascarensis rodents

sparganosis

Pseudophyllidea tapeworms mice, carnivores including cats, and other vertebrates

taeniasis, cysticercosis, and coenuriasis

Taenia saginata

Multiceps multiceps cattle

swine

sheep, dogs

Nematode diseases

ancylostomiasis Ancylostoma ceylanicum, other species dogs

ascariasis Ascaris suum swine

capillariasis Capillaria hepatica rodents

dracuncoliasis Dracunculus medinensis dogs, other carnivores

filariasis Brugia malayi primates, other mammals

Dirofilaria species, occasionally other species cats, dogs, other mammals

larva migrans Ancylostoma braziliense, other species cats, dogs

Angiostrongylus cantonensis rats

Anisakis species fish

Gnathostoma spinigerum cats, dogs, other vertebrates

Toxocara canis, other ascarid species dogs, other vertebrates

oesophagostomiasis Oesophagostomum apiostomum primates

strongyloidiasis Strongyloides stercoralis, occasionally other species dogs, primates

ternidens infection Ternidens deminutus primates

trichinosis Trichinella spiralis swine, rodents, wild carnivores, marine mammals

trichostrongylosis Trichostrongylus colubriformis, occasionally other species ruminants

Arthropod diseases

acariasis Sarcoptes species domesticated animals

tunga infections Tunga penetrans domesticated and wild mammals

myiasis Cochliomyia, Cordylobia, Dermatobia, Gastrophilus, Hypoderma, Oestrus, and other genera mammals

pentastomid infections (including halzoun) Linguatula species, Armillifer species, Porocephalus species dogs, snakes, and other vertebrates