Talk:Zoonosis

Lingusitic comment
I don't know if it's worth mentioning in the article, but, in any case, I'd like to make the same comment I've made in another article. The widely used term zoonosis makes no sense either in Greek or Neolatin; if the word were to be correct Greek it should have been either of the three following neologisms: ζῳονόσος - zoonosos, ζῳονοσία - zoonosia (confer ἀ-νοσία "immunity to ailment"; adjective: zoonosic), or zoonosesis (from νόση-σις "process of getting sick" from νοσέ-ω). So, zoonose is much more correct of a term (since it could be seen as an anglicization of the Neolatin zoonosos); it seems that some researcher just had the idea to stick that unjustified -is to the word in order to make it seem more scientific/exotic. --Omnipaedista (talk) 21:06, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I am not familiar with linguistics, but I would like to note that the current form (2021) of the article states:
 * "The term is from Greek: ζῷον zoon 'animal' and νόσος nosos 'sickness'." and
 * "Pronunciation /zoʊˈɒnəsɪs, ˌzoʊəˈnoʊsɪs/"
 * This seems adequate to me...but, again, I am not familiar with Greek or Latin. For more records-keeping, here's part of what Omnipaedista added to the article in 2009:
 * "Zoonose is derived from the Greek words zoon "animal" and nosos "ailment"; zoonosis features an additional unjustified -is (extracted from -σις "process, trait"). "
 * RiesHunter (talk) 04:48, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Suggest removal of sections
I suggest we remove the section "Zoonosis research centers". This information is more relevant in a directory. Manum56 (talk) 09:52, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * We should have a section on research though. Have changed the name to that. Should be expanded and may discuss the major centers that study zoonosis. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 18:18, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I really like the idea of a section related to research. Currently (2021), there is no section related to this. Perhaps it could include some basic host and virus biology on the mechanisms of zoonosis? E.g., host cell susceptibility and permissiveness to viral infection. Thoughts? RiesHunter (talk) 05:14, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Pathogens
I think it would be useful in the table to classify pathogens in broad categories like vira, bacteria or prions, perhaps in a separate column. Thoughts?--Nø (talk) 09:09, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Could certainly be useful to split the "Lists of diseases" into their respective agent: virus, bacterium, parasite, or prion. I really like this idea! It would certainly reduce the bulkiness of the section. RiesHunter (talk) 02:58, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

New Archive
Archive created, documenting comments which have since been completed or are no longer relevant. This archive can be found at Talk:Zoonosis/Archive_1.

Reverse transmission
Reading this article gives me the impression that pretty much every animal on the planet can infect humans with some sort of disease, while we just sit and take it, and never do any harm  to any of them. Is this the case? Is it because we are not only the cleanest animals in the world,  we also love our pets?

Or are we in fact spreading diseases to animals that they would not ever acquire on their own, but we either take no notice of this, or don't consider it worthy of inclusion as a "zoonosis" because, as much as we love our pets, we're still a lot more concerned with protecting our own species? — Soap — 14:16, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I see the reverse zoonosis page now. It wasnt very prominently linked in the lede. Perhaps it might merit a full section header. — Soap — 15:48, 2 May 2023 (UTC)