Majority of World’s Diseases Come From Animals, Report Says
The overwhelming majority of illnesses contracted by humans are “zoonotic,” which means that they come from animals, a new study reports.
Approximately 60 percent of all infectious diseases are zoonotic, and 75 percent of emerging diseases are zoonotic, accounting for about 2.4 billion human illnesses and 2.2 million human deaths worldwide annually. Even more surprisingly, it is a select 13 that currently cause the most harm.
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