anthropozoonosis

an·thro·po·zo·o·no·sis

(an'thrō-pō-zō'ō-nō'sis), A zoonosis maintained in nature by animals and transmissible to humans; for example, rabies, brucellosis. Compare: zooanthroponosis, amphixenosis. [anthropo- + G. zōon, animal, + nosos, disease]

an·thro·po·zo·o·no·sis

(an'thrŏ-pō-zō'ō-nō'sis) A zoonosis maintained in nature by animals and transmissible to humans (e.g., rabies, brucellosis). [anthropo- + G. zōon, animal, + nosos, disease]

anthropozoonosis

(an″thrŏ-pō″zō″ŏ-nō′sĭs) [ anthropo- + zoonosis] An infectious disease acquired by humans from vertebrate hosts of the causative agents. Examples are rabies and trichinosis.