saprozoonosis

saprozoonosis definition - medical

sap·ro·zo·on·o·sis (săpˌrə-zō-ŏnˈə-sĭs, -zōˌə-nōˈ-)

noun
A zoonosis whose causative agent requires both a vertebrate host and a nonanimal reservoir or developmental site for completion of its life cycle.

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