BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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pathogen
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organism that carries pathogen
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type of infectious disease
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type of emerging disease
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Detailed explanation-1: -A vector is a living organism that transmits an infectious agent from an infected animal to a human or another animal. Vectors are frequently arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, flies, fleas and lice.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vectors are living organisms that can transmit infectious pathogens between humans, or from animals to humans.
Detailed explanation-3: -Vector-borne diseases are infections transmitted by the bite of infected arthropod species, such as mosquitoes, ticks, triatomine bugs, sandflies, and blackflies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Vector-Borne Disease: Disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding anthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. Examples of vector-borne diseases include Dengue fever, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease, and malaria.