Zoonoses: a general discussion with a proposed guide list for physicians and veterinarians in the Philippines

Schwabe defines zoonoses as those infections and infestations shared in nature by man and lower vertebrates. The field of zoonoses places the physician and veterinarian in juxtaposition and focuses the relationship between veterinary medicine and human health. Zoonoses are classified according to the kind of life cycle of the infectious organism and the host that maintains them in nature, according to the nature of the reservoir host, and according to etiology. A list of zoonoses in the Philippines, classified according to etiology, is proposed to serve as local guide to physicians and veterinarians