Zoonosis in Modern Medicine
Journal Title: Journal of the Indian Medical Association - Year 2018, Vol 116, Issue 8
Abstract
In recent medical science, Zoonosis is attracting a lot of medical and social interest. One of the most recent Zoonosis outbreak is in Kerala from bat by NIPAH virus. Apart from that salmonellosis, shigellosis, rabies etc. are of important medical interest. Zoonosis is an animal disease that is transmissible to human. Humans are usually an accidental host, that acquire disease through close contact with an infected animal who may or may not be symptomatic.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Samarendra Kumar Basu, Sibabrata Banerjee
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