{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.zoonosis","code":"thing-zoonosis","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/zoonosis/","name":"zoonosis","alternateNames":["actinomycosis","cervicofacial actinomycosis","lumpy jaw","thoracic actinomycosis","abdominal actinomycosis","swamp fever","leptospirosis","canicola fever","zoonotic disease"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Cross-cutting context","entryKind":"noun.state","plane":"XCT","domain":["XCT.STA"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{"substance":"abstract","origin":"conceptual","agency":"inert","mobility":"not-applicable","scale":"not-applicable","affordances":["observable"]}},"whatItIs":"In the WordNet sense, an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans, such as rabies, anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, avian influenza and many emerging infections, a major focus of the One Health approach; the registry aliases actinomycosis and its cervicofacial, thoracic and abdominal forms are usually caused by bacteria normally living in the human body and are not generally zoonotic, lumpy jaw is actinomycosis of cattle, and swamp fever is ambiguous, naming equine infectious anaemia or leptospirosis. Animal bites and suspected rabies exposure need urgent medical care.","purpose":"Let an agent explain zoonoses, relay transmission routes, examples, prevention and One Health surveillance from WHO, WOAH and public health sources, route animal bites and suspected exposures to urgent medical care, describe the named diseases and flag misfiled aliases, and distinguish zoonoses from reverse zoonoses, vector-borne diseases generally and animal-only diseases.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Animal to human","Emerging disease source","One Health focus","Several aliases misfiled"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a zoonosis is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a zoonosis, and how does it differ from reverse zoonoses, vector-borne diseases and 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medical care at once."],"mustNot":["Delay urging medical care after an animal bite or possible rabies exposure.","Stigmatise animals, wildlife markets or communities as the cause of disease without evidence.","Advise handling sick or dead wild animals.","Diagnose a zoonosis in a person or animal."],"requiresHuman":["Reporting suspected zoonotic disease to health or veterinary authorities.","Decisions to cull animals to control disease."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Zoonoses cause pandemics and many deaths, especially among farmers and the poor.","Blaming communities or species can lead to discrimination and needless killing."],"affectedParties":["People exposed to animals","Farmers and vets","Wild and domestic animals"]},"owners":{"steward":"Public health and veterinary authorities, which track and control these diseases.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Notifiable disease reporting systems","Animal disease 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