Reverse zoonosis

Transmission of a pathogen from humans to non-human animals

A reverse zoonosis, also known as a zooanthroponosis (from Greek zoon 'animal', anthropos 'man' and nosos 'disease') or anthroponosis, is a pathogen reservoired in humans that is capable of being transmitted to non-human animals. This is in contrast to zoonosis, the transmission of a pathogen borne by nonhuman animals to humans.

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