Zoonotic diseases also known as zoonosis are illnesses that can spread from vertebrate animals to people, and examples include rabies, salmonella, Lyme disease, bubonic plague, and Lyme disease. Humans can become ill from disease-carrying animals, or reservoirs, in a number of ways, including when they consume them, when they bite them, or when arthropods like mosquitoes or ticks that have previously fed on them later feed on a human host. According to estimates, zoonosis account for more than 60% of infectious diseases that affect humans and are on the rise globally, making up more than 75% of new diseases.
