| Disease |
Pathogen |
Target species |
Contamination way |
Zoonotic risk |
| Viral zoonosis |
|
|
|
|
| - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Bacterial zoonosis |
|
|
|
|
| Salmonellosis |
Salmonella enterica enterica
|
aquatic turtles, snakes, iguanas, pogonas
|
infected water
(especially in children)
|
+++ |
|
Mycobacteriosis
|
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M.avium, M. marinum
|
all species
|
water |
+/_ |
|
Enterobacterial infections
|
Aeromonas spp.
Enterobacter cloacae
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Yersinia enterocolitica
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
|
all species
|
infected water
(especially in children)
|
+/_ |
|
Q fever
|
Coxiella burnetii
|
|
|
|
|
Melioidosis
|
Burkholderia pseudomallei
|
iguanas
|
contact |
+/_ |
|
Parasitic Zoonosis
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acariasis
|
Ophionyssus natricis
|
Boidae, Pythonidae, some lizards (iguana, pogona)
|
direct contact |
+/_ |
|
Ophidascarosis
|
Strongyloides stercolaris
|
Rodents->snakes
|
especially transcutaneous, sometimes oro-faecal
|
+/_ |
|
Tapeworm infection (Sparganosis)
|
Sparganum mansoni
|
Snakes
|
Consumption as food,
eye contamination
|
- in Europe
+/_ in Far East
|
|
Cryptosporidiosis
|
Cryptosporidium spp.
|
all species
|
fecal-oral pathway
|
+/_
|
|
Porocephaliasis
|
Armillifer monilliformis, A. Armillifer
|
snakes
|
Accidental ingestion of eggs contained in the nasal discharge or snake faeces
|
- in Europe
+/_ in Far East
|
|
Zygomycosis
|
Basidiobolus spp. Conidiobolus spp.
|
snakes, lizards
|
respiratory, rarely digestive or transcutaneous pathways
|
- in Europe
+ in South East Asia, Africa, Latin America
|
