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[Bacterial dermato-zoonoses]
Amandine Bouillenne1, Bernard Mignon2, Arjen Nikkels1
1Service de Dermatologie, CHU Liège, Belgique.
Abstract:
The transmission of bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic agents from vertebrate animals to humans constitutes a group of diseases called zoonoses. The frequency of these zoonoses is increasing, and new zoonoses are emerging due to travel, factory farming, biodiversity loss, climate change, and deforestation. These diseases have a significant impact on public health, both human and animal, as well as on food, environmental management and the economy. This article reviews bacterial zoonoses with cutaneous manifestations, known as dermato-zoonoses. A second section will address viral, fungal, and parasitic dermato-zoonoses.
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