alleryStart learning →Which term names an infectious disease transmissible under natural conditions from vertebrate animals to humans?
AZoonosis
BFomite
CVector
DCarrier
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Zoonosis
1. Some infectious agents live mainly in animals, with people infected as incidental hosts.
2. A disease that passes naturally from vertebrate animals to humans is a zoonosis, and rabies, plague and brucellosis are examples.
3. A fomite is an inanimate object such as bedding that carries an agent.
4. A vector is a living intermediary such as a mosquito or tick, and a carrier is an infected person without apparent illness.
_Source: CDC Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, 3rd Edition, section Reservoir_
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