adjective
- of or relating to a disease that is transmitted from one human to another, rather than from animals or the environment
Usage: medical/epidemiological term; often used in contrast with zoonotic diseases
Examples
- Measles is an anthroponotic disease spread through respiratory droplets.
- The anthroponotic nature of COVID-19 made it highly contagious in crowded settings.
- Researchers studied anthroponotic pathogens to understand human-to-human transmission.
- Unlike malaria, which requires mosquito vectors, influenza is primarily anthroponotic.
- Public health officials focused on anthroponotic diseases that could cause pandemics.