Zoonosis

A zoonosis is a disease that can be transmitted from a non-human animal to a human. Several invertebrates are known to be carriers of zoonotic diseases. These invertebrates include ticks, flies, fleas, lice and assassin bugs.

A photograph of the assassin bug Triatoma infestans which is the most important vector for the zoonotic Chagas disease.
Photograph by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Federal Government.

Related terms

• Assassin bug
• Chagas disease
• Diptera
• Hemiptera
• Phthiraptera
• Siphonaptera
• Vector

Related groups of terms

• General biology

See other words beginning with Z