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They are a result of things people do to nature. Disease, it turns out, is largely an environmental issue. Sixty percent of emerging infectious diseases that affect humans are zoonotic â they originate in animals. And more than two-thirds of those originate in wildlife.
5 Most Deadly Infectious Diseases. You may think that in the 21st century the infectious diseases are no longer a major threat to the human life. But this is far from the truth. Read the entire article to meet the killers. This one is not caused by a virus or bacterium. The organisms causing it are eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. But they donât infect exclusively humans â but also rodents, reptiles, birds and monkeys. Malaria is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions.