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Tetanus or botulism are the ones humans are at serious risk of getting. There's a vaccine for the former, and for the latter there isn't one I'm aware of,* mostly supportive care till the shitting stops alongside antitoxins. Unless you're an infant or an IV drug user, it's not the bacteria growing in your gut that's causing issues, it's the fact that you swallowed a significant number alongside their toxin.
The rest? Never heard of them, and I've heard of a lot of weird diseases that can be described as "we found 3 people over 10 years in a village in the middle of bumfuck nowhere". I would presume the average person, or even a farmer, isn't much at risk.
*I googled it, and there are a few out there, but none that are FDA approved.
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