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Lint: zoonosis

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"A zoonosis (plural: zoonoses), also known as a zoonotic disease, is an infectious disease in humans (the host) for which another vertebrate animal can be the vector. Some zoonoses have an additional vector besides the vertebrate e.g. R. rickettsii is carried by ticks on mammals. Viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites can be zoonoses."

Line 1:286 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>R. rickettsii </em>'

"anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)"

Line 8:24 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Bacillus anthracis</em>'

"brucellosis (Brucella spp.)"

Line 9:28 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Brucella</em>'

"human African trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma brucei)"

Line 12:46 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Trypanosoma brucei</em>'

"leishmaniasis (Leishmania spp.)"

Line 17:30 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Leishmania </em>'

"leptospirosis (Leptospira spp.)"

Line 18:30 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Leptospira </em>'

"Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)"

Line 21:24 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Coxiella burnetii)</em>'

"tuberculosis (Mycobacteria spp.)"

Line 24:29 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Mycobacteria </em>'

"tularaemia (Francisella tularensis)"

Line 25:27 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Francisella tularensis)</em>'
Litotes
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"Zoonoses may be spread through direct or indirect contact with animals. Diseases that cannot exist without humans are not considered zoonotic by all sources (e.g. variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), and neither are some diseases that may have begun as zoonoses but are predominantly transmitted by humans (e.g. HIV)."

Line 5:122 · Consider using 'ignored' instead of 'not considered'
Acronyms
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"COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)"

Line 10:25 · 'SARS' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.
List Caps
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"Ebola (Ebola virus)"

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"Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) (MERS-CoV)"

Line 19:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)"

Line 21:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Zika (Zika virus)"

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Oxford Comma
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"A zoonosis (plural: zoonoses), also known as a zoonotic disease, is an infectious disease in humans (the host) for which another vertebrate animal can be the vector. Some zoonoses have an additional vector besides the vertebrate e.g. R. rickettsii is carried by ticks on mammals. Viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites can be zoonoses."

Line 1:350 · Use the Oxford comma in 'bacteria, fungi or parasites'.
Inline EG
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"Zoonoses may be spread through direct or indirect contact with animals. Diseases that cannot exist without humans are not considered zoonotic by all sources (e.g. variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), and neither are some diseases that may have begun as zoonoses but are predominantly transmitted by humans (e.g. HIV)."

Line 5:161 · Consider replacing a bracketed e.g. with an inline e.g. after a comma.