Table 1.

Priority zoonotic diseases for Kenya

Disease category	Criteria for prioritization
Viral hemorrhagic fevers* Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Dengue, Rift Valley fever, Yellow fever, Ebola, Marburg	1 to 10
Avian and other pandemic influenza*	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10,11
Brucellosis*	5, 7, 8, 10, 12
Leishmaniasis*	3, 10, 11
Leptospirosis	2, 9, 10, 11, 12
Anthrax*	2, 4, 8
Rabies*	3, 12
West Nile*	1, 2, 9, 11
Bovine tuberculosis	3, 9, 10, 11, 12
Plague*	2, 4, 8, 9
Tularemia	8, 9, 11
Protozoan infection Cryptosporidiosis, Toxoplasmosis	9, 10, 11
Salmonellosis	2, 3, 6, 12
Helminthiasis Trichinosis, Cysticercosis, Echinococcosis (Hydatidosis), Sarcopsis (Mange), Diphyllobothrium	7, 9, 10, 11, 12
Fungal infection Dermatophylosis, Histoplasmosis, Cryptococcosis, Aspergillosis	9, 10, 11, 12
Schistosomiasis	7, 12
Trypanosomiasis	3, 7, 10, 12

^*Diseases included in Kenya's IDSR priority disease list for humans

1. Emerging or re-emerging disease

2. Epidemic potential

3. Severity of disease in humans

4. Public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)

5. Ease of animal-to-human transmission

6. Ease of human-to-human transmission

7. Socio-economic implication

8. Potential for use in bioterrorism

9. Inadequate knowledge of the disease in country

10. Difficulty in management of disease in animals and/or humans

11. Lack of diagnostic and intervention capacities

12. Possibility of rapid health gains following public health activities