Barchart showing the number of articles that looked for, reported diagnosis of and contributed data for each of 40, 31 and 30 zoonoses respectively.
These data were tabulated for all zoonoses (n=40) and articles included in the review (n=244). Bar colour indicates pathogen type and shading differentiates studies that i) contribute data meeting study diagnostic criteria (left hand bar sections with darkest shading, n=30 pathogens indicated by *), ii) report diagnosis with approaches that do not meet study diagnostic criteria (central bar sections with lighter shading, n=31 pathogens that comprised the 30 with extracted data and Escherichia coli), iii) report looking for but not diagnosing a zoonosis (right hand bar section with lightest shading, n=40 pathogens, also including Burkholderia spp. Tick borne encephalitis virus, Marburg virus, Rabies virus, Newcastle Disease virus, Mycobacterium bovis, Francisella tularensis, Ebola virus and Cryptosporidium parvum).