I want to find out about the relation of zoonotic infectious diseases (like Toxoplasmosis, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, Anaplasmosis, Yersinia and Borrelia of cattle, ruminants and marmals) which spread between animals and humans and lead to infections of farmers and other workers in rural areas.
In the veterinary literature the infections of animals with zoonotic diseases are very well documented. The vectors of the transfer from animal to animal and to humans are known, too. Also the occurrence of pathogens in ticks, sandflies and other bloodsucking insects is examined very well.
What I wish to know is
a) whether there is any insight into the numbers of infected persons who have worked with or nearby infected animals or their excrements like slurry, manure or the like and
b) how many of the infected persons are co-infected or multi-infected by multiple zoonotic pathogens at the same time?