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Praxis II Health and PE

Category - Community Health

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What are parasites that jump from nonhuman to human hosts known as?

Zoonoses
Virulancepox
Glonoses
Mutationoses

Explanation

Answer: A - A parasite which jumps from nonhuman to human hosts are known as Zoonoses. When a disease is spreading it becomes increasingly dangerous when it is able to adapt to a new host species. However, a parasitic invasion of a new host species does not inherently mean the parasite will become pathogenic.

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