Tuesday August 21 2012
A new report reveals that just 13 diseases or infections that are transmitted from animals to humans, such as tuberculosis, avian flu and Rift Valley fever, are responsible for around 2.4 billion cases of human illness and 2.2 million deaths per year.The study by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) shows that most of the victims are in low and middle-income countries. In the least developed countries some 20% of human sickness and death is due to zoonotic disease that had recently jumped species from animals to people.
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