6th July
World Zoonoses Day
विश्व ज़ूनोज दिवस
Theme 2023 :
“One World, One Health: Prevent zoonoses, Stop the spread” Zoonoses or Zoonosis is an infectious disease caused by a pathogen (it can be an infectious agent such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc.) that has jumped from vertebrate animals to humans or vice versa.
The French biologist,
Louis Pasteur, successfully administered the first vaccine against a Zoonotic disease on
July 6, 1885. As per Infection Control Today, World Zoonoses Day is celebrated to honour this feat.
