This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Dental
The term best describes a disease transmitted to man through animals: 
Select and explain. 
A. Communicable, B. Transmissible, C. Zoonotic, D. Vertically transmissible
C: Zoonotic
Answer: C: Zoonotic 
Explanation: The disease transmitted to man through animals - Zoonoses have different modes of transmission. 
In direct zoonosis, the disease is directly transmitted from other animals to humans through media such as air (influenza) or through bites and saliva (rabies).
In contrast, transmission can also occur via an intermediate species (referred to as a vector), which carry the disease pathogen without getting sick. (Indirect zoonosis).