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David Wakeham

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🧪 On this day in 1885 Louis Pasteur administered the very first rabies vaccination 💉

Happy #WorldZoonosesDay

#DYK? 🦠 60% of pathogens 🦠 that cause human diseases come from animals?

#Microbiology #iTeachBio🧬 #Microsky #VaccinesWork

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Bill Stewart's avatar Bill Stewart @billstewart.bsky.social
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No particular surprise, since humans are mammals, though we also can pick up pathogens from birds.

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David Wakeham's avatar David Wakeham @wakehamamr.bsky.social
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Zoonoses can be classified according to the etiologic agent – viral, bacterial, parasitic, mycotic, or unconventional (prions).

Operating with a #OneHealth approach is critical to addressing these public health and environmental threats.

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