Disease imported to a country which was not there otherwise
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EXOTIC Diseases which are imported into a country in which they do not otherwise occur. ZOONOSES An infection or infectious disease transmissible under natural conditions from vertebrate animals to man. May be enzootic or epizootic - e.g., rabies, plague, bovine tuberculosis, anthrax, brucellosis, salmonellosis, endemic typhus, hydatidosis, kyasanur forest disease, monkeypox, lassa fever, etc EPIZOOTIC An outbreak (epidemic) of disease in an animal population. Eg: the agents of anthrax, brucellosis, rabies, influenza, Japanese encephalitis. EPORNITHIC An outbreak (epidemic) of disease in a bird population ENZOOTIC An endemic occurring in animals e.g., anthrax, rabies, brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis, endemic typhus and tick typhus Reference: Park's Preventive and social medicine, 27th edition, Chapter Principles of Epidemiology & Epidemiology methods.