What diseases can give humans?

Zoonotic diseases are those that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Some examples of zoonotic diseases include:

* Bacterial diseases:

* Anthrax

* Brucellosis

* Chlamydia

* E. coli

* Leptospirosis

* Listeria

* Plague

* Q fever

* Salmonellosis

* Shigella

* Tuberculosis

* Tularemia

* Viral diseases:

* Avian influenza (bird flu)

* Chikungunya

* Dengue

* Ebola

* Hendra virus

* Japanese encephalitis

* Lassa fever

* Marburg virus

* Measles

* Mumps

* Nipah virus

* Rabies

* Rift Valley fever

* Rotavirus

* Rubella

* SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

* Smallpox

* Swine flu

* West Nile virus

* Yellow fever

* Parasitic diseases:

* African sleeping sickness

* Chagas disease

* Cryptosporidiosis

* Giardiasis

* Leishmaniasis

* Malaria

* River blindness

* Schistosomiasis

* Tapeworms

* Toxoplasmosis

* Trypanosoma cruzi

Vector-borne diseases are those that are transmitted by insects or other animals that carry the disease from one host to another. Some examples of vector-borne diseases include:

* Viral diseases:

* Chikungunya

* Dengue

* Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE)

* Japanese encephalitis

* La Crosse encephalitis virus (LAC)

* Powassan virus

* St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLE)

* West Nile virus

* Yellow fever

* Bacterial diseases:

* Lyme disease

* Plague

* Relapsing fever

* Tularemia

* Parasitic diseases:

* African sleeping sickness

* Chagas disease

* Filariasis

* Malaria

* River blindness

* Schistosomiasis

* Trypanosoma cruzi

Foodborne diseases are those that are caused by eating or drinking contaminated food or water. Some examples of foodborne diseases include:

* Bacterial diseases:

* Campylobacteriosis

* E. coli

* Listeriosis

* Salmonellosis

* Shigella

* Staphylococcus aureus

* Yersinia pestis

* Viral diseases:

* Hepatitis A

* Hepatitis E

* Norovirus

* Rotavirus

* Parasitic diseases:

* Cryptosporidiosis

* Giardiasis

* Taeniasis (tapeworms)

* Toxoplasmosis

* Trichinellosis (trichinella spiralis)

Waterborne diseases are those that are caused by drinking or bathing in contaminated water. Some examples of waterborne diseases include:

* Bacterial diseases:

* Cholera

* Legionella

* Leptospirosis

* Typhoid fever

* Viral diseases:

* Hepatitis A

* Rotavirus

* Parasitic diseases:

* Cryptosporidiosis

* Giardiasis

* Schistosomiasis