Thursday, September 20, 2012

South Asia: Hot spot for cross-border diseases | ummid.com

South Asia: Hot spot for cross-border diseases | ummid.com
Among the diseases spread by animals in South Asia are the plague, scrub typhus, leptospirosis and avian flu. Brucellosis causes abortions in bovines, and sheep and goat. In humans, the fever can be confused with typhoid.