NYSTCE Health Education Exam Prep

Category - Healthy Environment

What are parasites that jump from nonhuman to human hosts known as?
  1. Zoonoses
  2. Virulancepox
  3. Glonoses
  4. 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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