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Influenza
Influenza is a virus that is in humans as well as a variety of different animals such as horses and pigs (Harper et al.). A notable example of flu being passed is when humans passed the flu to pigs, this combined with a flu pigs already had, thus making swine flu (ECDC). Symptoms of influenza include fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and fatigue (CDC).

Measles
Measles is a disease that humans appear to have acquired from sheep and cows via communication of the Rinderpest virus (Harper et al.). Symptoms of measles include cough, fever, sneezing and Koplik’s spots which are small white spots that may form in a person’s mouth (CDC). The disease travels through the air from coughing and sneezing (CDC).

Staphylococcus Aureus
Staphylococcus is a bacteria that can cause a range of pathologies such as abscesses, respiratory infections like sinusitis, and food poisoning. Dogs, cats, chickens and horses can have the bacteria. Health-care worker dogs are one of the leading carriers of the bacteria. This bacteria is in 50% of humans but it normally is dormant and not affecting the person. It can be spread through wounds and using belongings like towels from infected people (CDC).

Rabies
Bats have been carriers of variants of coronaviruses, SARS, and rabies. Rabies is a viral disease that has affected a large range of domestic and non domestic animals. Africa and Asia are the continents with the longest history with rabies (Rupprecht et al.).

Trichinosis
Also known as Trichinella Spiralis, Trichinosis is a parasitic infection. This comes from consuming undercooked wild game meat such as bears, wild cats or dogs, foxes, etc (Dupouy-Camet). Trichinosis has existed for centuries, including being found in an Egyptian mummy. “Trichina spiralis (old nomenclature) was discovered and described in 1835 by two young English scientists: James Paget (1814-1899), a medical student, and Richard Owen (1804-1892), an assistant conservator at the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons…”(Dupouy-Camet). It was not connected to humans till 10 years later when it was detected in pork products. It affects the humans by maturing in the body, infecting the blood stream, and imbedding in the skeletal muscle (Dupouy-Camet). This causes symptoms including achy joints, headaches, nausea, sensitivity to light, itchy skin, muscle pain, cough, fever/fever like symptoms, and pain/swelling around face and eyes. In some cases it can even cause lack of coordination and lung/heart problems. Once larvae embed in the muscles, it cannot be cured, only the pain can be managed, In severe cases the disease can be fatal (Dupouy-Camet). Goldenhabit (talk) 05:47, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Dengue Fever
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection that poses a significant public health threat, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes and is characterized by symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, joint and muscle pain, rash, and in severe cases, hemorrhagic fever shock syndrome, which can cause serious bleeding, a sudden drop in blood pressure and death (Mayo Clinic). Having a previous infection with the dengue fever virus makes you more susceptible to severe complications.Severe dengue fever can result in internal bleeding and damage to organs (Mayo Clinic). It can also cause a dangerous drop in blood pressure, leading to shock (Mayo Clinic).

Reference: (background) Cook RA, Karesh WB. Emerging Diseases at the Interface of People, Domestic Animals, and Wildlife. Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine. 2012:136–46. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-1986-4.00018-4. Epub 2011 Jun 22. PMCID: PMC7151957. Goldenhabit (talk) 18:20, 25 April 2024 (UTC)