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Anthroponosis

Anthroponosis may refer to:

Updated: July 10, 2022

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Reverse zoonosis

A reverse zoonosis, also known as a zooanthroponosis (from Greek zoon 'animal', anthropos 'man' and nosos 'disease') or anthroponosis, is a pathogen reservoired in humans that is capable of being transmitted to non-human animals. This is in...

Updated: September 17, 2026

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Zoonosis

A zoonosis ( ; pl.: zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a virus, bacterium, parasite, fungus or prion) which is transmitted from a non-human animal to a human. When...

Updated: October 24, 2026

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Piers Beirne

Piers Beirne is an Anglo-Irish emeritus professor of sociology and legal studies at the University of Southern Maine. Having been based in the United States since 1976, he continues to research and write about our relationships with the more than...

Updated: October 10, 2026

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Helminthiasis

Helminthiasis, also known as worm infection, is any macroparasitic disease of humans and other animals in which a part of the body is infected with parasitic worms, known as helminths. There are numerous species of these parasites, which are broadly...

Updated: October 12, 2026

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Zoonotic origins of COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, was first introduced to humans through zoonosis (transmission of a pathogen to a human from an animal), and a zoonotic spillover event is the origin of SARS-CoV-2 that is considered most plausible by the...

Updated: September 28, 2026