Table 1.

Bacterial Zoonoses by transmission mechanism and causative agent(s)

Bacterial Zoonoses transmitted by direct contact with animals or infected animal materials
Anthrax	Bacillus anthracis
Brucellosis	Brucella spp.
Cat Scratch Disease	Bartonella spp.
Erysipelothrix infections	Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Glanders and Melioidosis	Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei
Leptospirosis	Leptospira interrogans spp.
Mycobacterioses	Mycobacteria spp.
Q fever	Coxiella burnetii
Bacterial Zoonoses transmitted principally by animal bites or scratches
Pasteurellosis	Pasteurella multocida and other spp.
Capnocytophaga infections	Capnocytophaga canimorsus
Cat scratch disease	Bartonella henselae
Rat-Bite fever	Spirillum minus and Streptobacillus moniliformis
Vector-borne Bacterial Zoonoses
Lyme borreliosis	Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (incl. B. garinii, B. afzelii)
Tick- and louse-borne relapsing fever borreliosis	Borrelia recurrentis, B. turicatae, B. hermsii, others
Plague	Yersinia pestis
Tularemia	Francisella tularensis
Rickettsioses	Spotted fever and typhus group Rickettsia species
Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis	Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Scrub typhus	Orientia tsutsugamushi
Foodborne Bacterial Zoonoses and Intoxications
Salmonellosis	Salmonella enteritidis
Campylobacteriosis	Campylobacter spp.
Listeriosis	Listeria monocytogenes
E. coli O157:H7 infections	Escherichia coli STEC
Yersinia enterocolitica infections	Yersinia enterocolitica
Clostridium perfringens gastroenteritis	Clostridium perfringens
Botulism	Clostridium botulinum
Staphylococcal food poisoning	Staphylococcus aureus