Table 5.

Policy visibility of important zoonotic diseases in India

Zoonotic disease	Status	Host involved	Existence of national programme		Notification statusa
			Human	Animal	Human	Animal
Bacterial
Anthrax	Endemic	Livestock, Humans and Wildlife	×	×	×	√
Brucellosis	Endemic	Cattle, Buffalo, Sheep, Goat, Pigs and Humans	×	√	×	√
Tuberculosis	Endemic	Cattle, Humans	√	×	√	×
Leptospirosis	Re-emerging	Humans, Livestock and Rodents	√	×	√	×
Plague	Re-emerging	Rats, Cats, Humans	√	–	√	×
Scrub typhus	Re-emerging	Rodents, Humans	×	×	√	×
Salmonellosis	Re-emerging	Poultry, Livestock, Humans	×	×	×	×
Viral
Avian Influenza	Emerging	Poultry, Ducks, Humans	×	√	×	√
Chikungunya	Re-emerging	Rodents, Humans,	×	×	√	×
Crimean-Congo Heamorrhagic Fever (CCHF)	Emerging	Livestock, Humans	×	×	√	×
Dengue Fever	Emerging	Monkeys, Humans	√**	×	√	×
Japanese Encephalitis	Re-emerging	Rodents, Livestock, Humans	√**	×	√	×
Kyasanur Forest Disease	Re-emerging	Rodents, Shrews, Monkeys, Humans	×	×	√	×
Nipah	Emerging	Livestock, Bats, Humans	×	×	√	×
Rabies	Endemic	Dogs, Bats, Humans	×	√	×	√
Protozoan
Leishmaniasis	Endemic	Cats, Humans	√	×	√	×
Toxoplasmosis	Endemic	Cats, Ruminants, Humans	×	×	×	×
Helminths
Cysticercosis	Endemic	Cattle, Pigs, Humans	×	×	×	×
Echinococcosis	Endemic	Dogs, Livestock, Humans	×	×	×	×

√ Denotes presence of a specific (own) national programme

√* Denotes presence of national programme in select states/ cities

√** Denotes presence of a joint control programme

× Denotes absence of national programme

Source: Authors modification based on Asokan et al. [8]

^aNotification status of respective Diseases in under the IDSP/ NVBDCP (human health) and NADRS (animal health) reporting systems