Fungus is accompanied with various diseases of human as well as animal.Normally fungal spores from decaying substances are the main source of infection.

1. WELCOME
MD. Rafiqul Islam
Level : 2, Semester: 2
ID : 1501171
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh - 2202

2. ZOONOTIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH
IMPORTANCE OF FUNGUS

3. Content outline
 Zoonotic disease
 Some fungal zoonotic diseases
 Zoonotic and public health importance of fungus
- Causal agent
- Transmission
- Target animals
- Clinical signs of disease in animal
- Clinical signs of disease in human
 Remedies

4. Zoonotic disease
Disease that can be transferred from animal to
human is called zoonotic disease.
Human
Animal

5. Fungal Zoonotic Diseases:
-Dermatophytosis
-Blastomycosis
-Aspergillosis
-Histoplasmosis
-Coccidiodomycosis
-Pityriasis
-Pneumocystosis
-penicilliosis
-Cryptococcosis
-Adiaspiromycosis
-Entomophthoromycosis

6. Zoonotic and public health importance
Disease: Dermatophytosis
Causal agent:
- Microsporum spp
-Tricophyton spp
Transmission:
Direct contact
Target animals:
Domesticated mammals
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Ring lesion with central healing and
crusts at the peripheral area.
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Tinea capitis,Tinea manum, Tinea
barbae, Tinea corporis, Tinea ungium,
Tinea pedis

7. Blastomycosis
Causal agent:
- Blastomyces dermatidis
Transmission:
Inhalation of airborne conidia
Target animals:
Dogs, cats, horses, marine mammals.
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Cutaneous, pulmonary, systemic infection
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Cutaneous, pulmonary infection
(granulomatous and suppurative lesions in
lung, skin and bones)

8. Aspergillosis
Causal agent:
- Aspergillus spp
Transmission:
Enironmental exposure to decaying vegetable
& grains
Target animal:
Birds & mammals
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Allergic & respiratory problems
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Allergic sinusitis; pneumonia , (can be fatal);
infections of other organs, tissues

9. Histoplasmosis
Causal agent:
- Histoplasma capsulatum
Transmission:
Inhalation of the fungus
Target animals:
Cattle, sheep, horses
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Chronic gastrointestinal infection and
disseminated infection
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Chronic progressive lung disease, chronic
cutaneous or systemic disease

10. Coccidiodomycosis
Causal agent:
-Coccidioides immitis
Transmission:
Inhalation of arthroconidia and skin
trauma
Target animals:
Primates,dogs, cats, horses, domesticated or
wild mammals, snakes.
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Asymptomatic to severe and fatal infection.
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Cutaneous, pulmonary, disseminated
infection

11. Pityriasis
Causal agent:
-Malassezia spp
Transmission:
Malassezia yeasts are commensal of human
skin.
Target animals:
Dogs, cats, cows, sheep, pig, horse.
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Dermatitis, alopecia, stenosis, otitis externa.
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Chronic superficial disease of the skin
(pityriasis vesicolor), folliculitis,
dandruff,fungaemia

12. Pneumocystosis
Causal agent:
-Pneumocystis carinii (mammals)
-Pneumocystis jirovecii (Human)
Transmission:
Inhalation of airborne conidia.
Target animals:
Rodents, dogs, cats, cattle
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Lethal pneumonia in immune debilitated
animals
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Asymptomatic, interstitial pneumonia.

13. Penicilliosis
Causal agent:
-Penicillium marnefferi
Target animals:
Bamboo rats, domestic animals such as dogs,
cats
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Skin dermatitidis, rhinitis, otitis externa and
disseminated infection
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Generalized lymphadenopathy, molluscum
contagiosum-like lesions of the skin and
mucosa .

14. Cryptococcosis
Causal agent:
-Cryptococcus neoformans
-Cryptococcus gattii
Transmission:
Inhalation of fungus, occasionally through
breaks in the skin
Target animals:
mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Focal infection, central nervous system
involvement
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Cutaneous, ocular, pulmonary and central
nervous system involvement

15. Entomophthoromycosis
Causal agent:
- Conidiobolus coronatus
- Conidiobolus incongruus
Transmission:
inhalation of the fungus.
Target animals:
Horses, dogs, sheep.
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Cutaneous and disseminated infection.
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Chronic subcutaneous and invasive infection

16. Adiaspiromycosis
Causal agent:
- Emmonsia spp.
Transmission:
Inhalation of the fungus.
Target animals:
Wild rodents
Clinical signs of disease in animal:
Mycoses
Clinical signs of disease in human:
Lung and disseminated disease