Question

Why do you think public health officials are growing more concerned about zoonotic diseases?

Answer 1

Public Health Officials are being to be concerned more about these zoonotic diseases because these types of animal transmitted diseases can spread rapidly in those days.

EXPLANATION:

• Zoonotic diseases are the type of diseases that spread between animals and humans that are caused by harmful germs like viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc residing in animals.
• Some animals would appear healthy, but they might carry these germs.
• These diseases can widely spread through meat, wool and other products of animals used by humans like dairy, eggs, etc.
• Examples of Zoonotic diseases are hookworm, ringworm, etc.
• These germs can cause diseases that range from less to high level of illness and sometimes it even cause death.

Answer 2

The public health officials are growing more concerned about zoonotic diseases because the global outbreak of a disease is less predictable.

Step-by-step explanation:

Zoonotic diseases are those diseases which are carried by animals and transmitted to other animals and human. Animals carrying zoonotic disease can also carry a newly emerged pathogen for which vaccines might not be available which is the main reason of public health concern.

The study of epidemiology helps in preventing outbreaks by making strategies to provide appropriate medicine for a particular outbreak and controlling the cause of the outbreak by creating awareness if the vaccine is not available. For example, in the case of malaria.