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Explain how zoonotic diseases spread (when humans get sick from animal pathogens). Be sure to include where the pathogens come from, and how humans come into contact with them.

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Answer:

Direct contact: You may acquire the germ through physical contact, being bitten or scratched, or coming into contact with urine, feces, or other body fluids from an animal that is infected.

Indirect contact: The germs may be spread from the animal into the environment, contaminating surfaces, water, or soil. You acquire the germs by contacting what the animal contaminated.

Vector-borne: Vectors include rodents, mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks who transmit the germ when they bite you.

Foodborne: You are exposed to the germ through eating animal products that are contaminated or foods that are contaminated with an infected animal's feces/urine.

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