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Animals: Animal exposure as a disease risk
Introduction: Animals can be carriers of certain types of diseases that can be transferred to humans. Animals can also act as a "reservoir" for other diseases that may be transmitted by mosquitos or other insects "vectors". See also birds, insects, and mosquitos.

Condition count: 45; see list of conditions below.
Risk factor subtypes: dogs (7), cats (9), rodents (10), pigs (8), Veterinarians (11), birds (8)
Related risk factors: birds (8), insects (30)
Risk factors: Risk Factor Center, risk factor list

Conditions list: The following list of conditions have 'Animals' or similar listed as a risk factor in our database:

A

  • Alveolar Hydatid Disease ... foxes, cats, sheep, coyotes, dogs

    B

  • Baylisascaris ... raccoons
  • Brucellosis ... animal contact, cattle, contaminated animals, deer, elk, unpasteurized milk, veterinarians, pigs, contaminated milk, sheep, goats, dogs
  • Bubonic plague ... rodents, rats

    C

  • Cat bite ... cats, veterinarians
  • Cat scratch disease ... cat scratch
  • Cercarial dermatitis ... ducks, muskrats, beavers, swans, birds, geese, snails, gulls
  • Congenital Toxoplasmosis ... cats, cat feces
  • Contagious Diseases ... rodents, animals, birds
  • Cryptococcosis ... bird droppings
  • Cutaneous Anthrax ... contaminated animal products, animal hair processing, veterinarians, contact with livestock, products from livestock, animal handlers
  • Cysticercosis ... eating pork, undercooked pork

    D

  • Diseases contagious from animals ... animal exposure, cats, pigs, veterinarians, birds, animals, dogs
  • Diseases contagious from birds ... parrots, birds
  • Diseases contagious from cats ... cats
  • Diseases contagious from dogs ... dogs
  • Diseases contagious from pigs ... pigs, pork
  • Diseases contagious from rodents ... rodents, mice, rats

    F

  • Filovirus ... primates

    G

  • Glanders ... Veterinarians, donkeys, horses

    H

  • Hantavirus ... rodents, mice, rats
  • Hendra Virus ... horses

    L

  • Lassa fever ... rodents
  • Leptospirosis ... animal exposure, veterinarians, veterinarians, animal caretakers
  • Listeriosis ... vets
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... rodents, mice, hamsters
  • Lyssavirus ... bat bite

    M

  • Marburg virus ... animal laboratory workers, animal quarantine facility workers, primates

    N

  • Neurocysticercosis ... eating pork, undercooked pork

    O

  • Orf ... sheep, goats

    P

  • Plague ... rodents, rats
  • Pneumonic plague ... rodents, rats
  • Psittacosis ... bird exposure, turkeys, ducks, parrots, macaws, pigeons, poultry, veterinarians, feathers, parakeets, bird droppings, cockatiels, lovebirds, canaries, budgerigars
  • Pulmonary Anthrax ... contaminated animal products, animal hair processing, veterinarians, contact with livestock, products from livestock, animal handlers

    Q

  • Q fever ... cattle, infected animal milk, unpasteurized milk, veterinarians, sheep, infected animal urine, goats, some mammals, infected animal placenta, some birds, infected animal droppings, infected animal tissues

    R

  • Rabies ... skunk bite, dog bite, raccoon bite, cat bite, bat bite, fox bite, wild animal bite, animal bite, animal saliva, wolves
  • Rift Valley Fever ... veterinarians
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever ... dogs
  • Rodent-borne disease ... rodents, mice, rats

    S

  • Salmonella food poisoning ... poultry, pigs, milk

    T

  • Tapeworms ... undercooked pork
  • Toxocariasis ... cats, cat feces, dogs
  • Toxoplasmosis ... cats, cat feces, soil containing cat feces
  • Trichinosis ... undercooked pork, pigs, some mammals, rats, pig farming areas
  • Tuberculosis ... contaminated milk


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