Zoonotic diseases or zoonoses are conditions passed from animals to humans.

“Zoonotic pathogens have caused nearly every pandemic in human history.” (TIME)



New zoonoses have quadrupled in the past 50 years and claim millions of lives annually.

Yet they have historically attracted little research funding or public health interest. (Clinical Microbiology and Infection)



Zoonoses are “a natural product of our relation with animals and the environment.”

However, the underlying causes “seem to be mediated by human action in most cases.” (The Lancet: Zoonoses series)