Diseases That Can Be Spread From Pets to People

A

• Aeromonas Infection
• Ancylostoma braziliense Infection – see Hookworm Infection
• Ancylostoma caninum Infection (Hookworm Infection)
• Avian Influenza

B

• Bartonella henselae Infection
• Baylisascaris procyonis Infection (Raccoon Roundworm Infection)
• B Virus Infection (Herpes B Virus Infection)
• Bird Flu – see Avian Influenza
• Black Death – see Plague
• Borrelia burgdorferi Infection (Lyme Disease)
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease)
• Brucella Infection (Brucellosis)
• Brucellosis (Brucella Infection)
• BSE – see Mad Cow Disease
• Bubonic Plague – see Plague

C

• C. neoformans Cryptococcosis
• Campylobacter Infection (Campylobacteriosis)
• Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter Infection)
• Canine Influenza
• Cat Scratch Disease
• Cave Disease – see Histoplasmosis
• Chlamydia psittaci Infection (Psittacosis)
• Contagious Ecythema – see Sore Mouth
• Contagious Pustular Dermatitis – see Sore Mouth
• Coxiella burnetti Infection (Q fever)
• Cryptococcosis, C. neoformans
• Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium Infection)
• Cryptosporidium Infection (Cryptosporidiosis)
• CSD – see Cat Scratch Disease
• Cysticercosis (Pork Tapeworm)

D

• Dermatophyte Infection (Ringworm)
• Dipylidium Infection (Tapeworm Infection)
• Dog flu – see Canine Influenza

E

• Echinococcosis (Echinocococcus Infection)
• Echinocococcus Infection (Echinocococcus Infection)
• E. coli Infection (Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection)
• Erysipelothrix Infection
• Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection (E. coli Infection)

F

• Fish Tank Granuloma (Mycobacterium marinum Infection) [PDF – 4 pages]
• Francisella tularensis Infection (Tularemia)

G

• Giardiasis (Giardia Infection)
• Giardia Infection (Giardiasis)

H

• H3N8 Influenza – see Canine Influenza
• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
• Herpes B Virus Infection (B Virus Infection)
• Herpesvirus simiae Infection – see B Virus Infection
• Histoplasma Infection – see Histoplasmosis
• Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma Infection)
• Hookworm Infection (Ancylostoma caninum Infection)
• HPS (Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome)

L

• LCMV (Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis)
• Leishmania Infection (Leishmaniasis)
• Leishmaniasis (Leishmania Infection)
• Leptospira Infection (Leptospirosis)
• Leptospirosis (Leptospira Infection)
• Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi Infection)
• Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCMV)

M

• Mad Cow Disease – see Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection (MRSA)
• Microsporum Infection – see Ringworm
• Monkey B Virus Infection – see B Virus Infection
• Monkeypox
• MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection)
• Mycobacterium marinum Infection (Fish Tank Granuloma) [PDF – 4 pages]
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection (Tuberculosis)

O

• Ohio Valley Disease – see Histoplasmosis
• Orf Virus Infection (Sore Mouth)

P

• Plague (Yersinia pestis Infection)
• Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci Infection)

Q

• Q Fever (Coxiella burnetti Infection)

R

• Rabies
• Raccoon Roundworm Infection (Baylisascaris procyonis Infection)
• Rat-bite Fever (Streptobacillus moniliformis Infection, Spirillum minus Infection)
• RBF – see Rat-bite Fever
• Rickettsia rickettsia Infection (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)
• Ringworm (Dermatophyte Infection)
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia rickettsia Infection)
• Roundworm Infection (Toxocariasis)

S

• Salmonella Infection
  • Turtles Kept as Pets
  • Salmonella from Small Mammals
• Salmonellosis (Salmonella Infection)
• Sarcoptes scabeii Infection (Sarcoptic Mange)
• Sarcoptic Mange (Sarcoptes scabeii Infection)
• Scabby Mouth – see Sore Mouth
• Sore Mouth (Orf Virus Infection)
• Spirillum minus Infection (Rat-bite Fever)
• Sporothrix schenckii Infection (Sporotrichosis)
• Sporotrichosis (Sporothrix schenckii Infection)
• Streptobacillus moniliformis Infection (Rat-bite Fever)
• Swine Influenza

T

• Taenia solium Infection – see Cysticercosis
• TB – see Tuberculosis
• Taeniasis – see Cysticercosis
• Tapeworm Infection (Diplyidium Infection)
• Ticks
• Tinea – see Ringworm
• Toxocara Infection – see Roundworm
• Toxocariasis (Roundworm Infection)
• Toxoplasma gondii Infection (Toxoplasmosis)
• Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii Infection)
• Trychophyton mentagrophytes Infection – see Ringworm
• Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection)
• Tularemia (Francisella tularensis Infection)

U

• Uncinaria stenocephala Infection – see Hookworm Infection

Y

• Yersinia enterocolitica Infection (Yersiniosis)
• Yersinia pestis Infection – see Plague
• Yersiniosis (Yersinia enterocolitica Infection)