HOSTS
People are often accidental and dead-end hosts for zoonotic diseases. The definitive host of a pathogen is also the natural host of the pathogen. In the case of zoonotic diseases, the definitive hosts are animals. Sometimes definitive hosts become ill from the pathogens, and sometimes they do not. If the animal does not become ill but is still capable of transmitting the disease to people, it is said to be a carrier, or reservoir host. Carriers can also be inanimate objects, such as water or food.
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