Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), a human zoonosis caused by a rodent-borne arenavirus, has been associated with both postnatal and intrauterine human disease. Infection in man is acquired after inhalation, ingestion, or direct contact with virus found in the urine, feces, and saliva of infected mice, hamsters, and guinea pigs. Congenital LCMV infection is a significant, often unrecogn...

hydatidsis is a zoonosis transmitted by domestic and wild animals. two distinct clinical presentations are as followes: unilocular of cystic hydatid disease and the more malignant form, called alveolar hydatid disease.this case report presents a patient who complained of chest pain and hemoptysis and his lung ct scan suggested solid tumor. he was found to have alveolar diseae which responded to...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis in animals Humans have had a very close association with animals for millennia, utilising them for food, labour, transport, clothing, companionship, disability assistance, recreation, sport, religious and cultural icons, security, entertainment and research and in rescue, rehabilitation and conservation efforts. It is inevitable then that as a result of this close ass...