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Which word describes the process by which a human transmits a disease to an animal?

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Answer:

a zoonosis

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is an infectious disease caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite or prion) that has jumped from an animal (usually a vertebrate) to a human. Typically, the first infected human transmits the infectious agent to at least one other human, who, in turn, infects others

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Answer: reverse zoonosis or anthroponosis.

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