G’day
People are always going on about the danger of catching a disease from dogs, which are supposed to be dirty (compared to cats, usually). Nevermind the folklore and old wive’s tales:
What diseases or parasites have been credibly documented to be transmissible from dogs to humans?
Regards,
Agback
Viruses: Rabies
Parasites: Echinococcosis and Leishmaniasis (via sand flies), also probably ascariasis (round worms), trichiuriasis (whipworms), and Isospora belli infection
Bacteria: Various bacteria that live harmlessly in the mouths of dogs can cause nasty infections when introduced under the skin of humans
All of the above, viruses, lyme, and an ameobic parasite that I have forgotten the name to…probably more but these are the ones that come to mind.
Fleas.
I got pink eye from my dog once.
Ringworm is one. I guess you can include tetanus from bites/deep scratches although the dog doesn’t ‘have’ the disease.
And thanks dwyr for the leptospirosis link. I always thought you could only get it from kissing the budgie. 
Indeed? Three doctors have told me that one can get ringworm from cats but not from dogs.
Regards,
Agback
“Viruses”? Which ones aside from rabies?
I am surprised that Lyme disease is transmissible from dogs.
Regards,
Agback
In general, the longer a species has been domesticated the more shared diseases/parasites/etc. I think the other posts have pretty much covered all I know about.
Distemper in dogs is measles in humans. Strange that.
Really? I had never heard that before. It’s the exact same organism? It seems to me that there have been distemper vaccines for animals for quite some time, but measles vaccine for people only recently. Or am I mis-remembering?
“Distemper in dogs is measles in humans. Strange that.”
Wrong. Different virus, same genus (Morbillivirus).
Hmm, the way I recall it (it’s been some years since I read this), if a dog comes down with distemper, and you don’t have a measles vaccine, you can contract measles from the dog.
That’s strange that three doctors would tell you that, because they’re wrong. Ringworm is actually a fungus (or several types of fungus grouped together) that lives on the skin and can be caught by simply touching an infected area–whether it’s on a dog or cat. Heck, it’s so highly contagious, you can even catch it if you touch something the infected animal touched. It’s only called “ringworm” because it shows up sometimes as a red, rashy ring on the skin.
Oh, and to answer the OP’s question:
Click here for a good article that lists some shared diseases, parasites and infections.