anthroponosis

anthroponosis
an·thro·po·no·sis (an″thrə-pə-noґsis) [anthropo- + Gr. nosos disease] a disease that is spread from humans to humans; said of diseases with some varieties that spread from animals to humans (zoonoses) and others that spread from humans to humans, particularly in reference to parasitic disease such as dry cutaneous leishmaniasis in which the disease can be spread from one human to another by an appropriate vector. anthroponotic adj

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