#zoonosis  an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans
  supertype:  #animal_disease  a disease that typically does not affect human beings
  subtype:  #actinomycosis__actinomycosi  disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses
     subtype:  #cervicofacial_actinomycosis__cervicofacialactinomycosi__lumpy_jaw__lumpyjaw  the commonest and least severe form of actinomycosis; affects the face and neck regions
     subtype:  #thoracic_actinomycosis  a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the chest
     subtype:  #abdominal_actinomycosis__abdominalactinomycosi  a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the abdomen
  subtype:  #anthrax__splenic_fever__splenicfever  a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
  subtype:  #brucellosis__contagious_abortion__Bang's_disease  an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
  subtype:  #glanders  a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans
  subtype:  #Lyme_disease__Lyme_arthritis  an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick
  subtype:  #Marburg_disease__Marburg-ebola_disease__green_monkey_disease  a viral disease of green monkeys; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness
  subtype:  #rabies__hydrophobia__madness  an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
  subtype:  #swamp_fever__swampfever__leptospirosis__leptospirosi  an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever
     subtype:  #canicola_fever  an acute feverish disease in people and in dogs marked by gastroenteritis and mild jaundice
     subtype:  #Weil's_disease  a severe form of leptospirosis in human beings
  subtype:  #tularemia__tularaemia__rabbit_fever__deer_fly_fever__yatobyo  disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals

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