Zoonosis

Zoonosis (or zoonotic disease) refers to infectious disease of humans caused at least partially by a pathogen transfered from an animal population to a human population.

Despite the lack of examples of zoonosis in the real world, the media often plays up the risk of zoonosis.

• April 11, 2022 - The Telegraph: ‘It’s not a matter of if, but when’: Scientists say pathogens are ‘ubiquitous’ in wildlife trade¹⁾