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Probable vector or means of spread Occupational exposure Contact and occupational ex
posure
Contact exposure (humans arequite resistant) Contact exposure Virus contaminates food and environment Mainly airborne, although milk may be a vehicle and occasionally ticks Occupational exposure, ingestion of contaminated meat Occupational exposure Ingestion of contaminated milk products and other foods
Geographical distribution Worldwide Worldwide Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America Asia and Europe Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide
Principal animals affected Cattle Birds, related virus found in cattle and cats Cattle, pigs, related species Pigs rodents Rodens pigs, dogs Sheep, cattle, goats, fowl, wild birds, mammals Cattle, sheep, goats Cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
Causative organism Virus Virus Virus Virus Virus Coxiella burnetii Bacillus anthracis Brucella abortus Br. suis Br. melitensis
Disease Pseudo-cowpox Psittacosis-ornithosis Foot and mouth disease Influenza and parainfluenza Lymphocytic choriomeningitis 2.
Rickettsial diseases
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fever 3.
Bacterial diseases
Table 2.24 Epidemiological aspects of some of the zoonoses (continued) Anthrax Brucellosis