In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen such as a parasite or microbe, to another living...
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direction Disease vector, an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism Vector may also refer to: Vector (mathematics...
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(here collectively called "vectors") which transmit disease pathogens. The most frequent type of vector control is mosquito control using a variety of strategies...
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Ixodes scapularis (section As disease vector)
Canada. It is a vector for several diseases of animals, including humans (Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, Powassan virus disease, etc.) and is known...
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reservoirs for Lyme disease. As a consequence of increased human contact with host and vector, the likelihood of transmission of the disease has greatly increased...
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transplant or blood transfusion tend to have symptoms similar to those of vector-borne disease, but the symptoms may not manifest for anywhere from a week to five...
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some infectious diseases. Infectious diseases whose transmission is impacted by climate change include, for example, vector-borne diseases like dengue fever...
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Arthropods are common vectors of disease. A vector is an organism which spreads disease-causing parasites or pathogens from one host to another. Invertebrates...
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Babesiosis (redirect from Red water disease)
of people with immunodeficiencies coming in contact with ticks, the disease vector. Little is known about the occurrence of Babesia species in malaria-endemic...
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infectious diseases Disease vector Economic entomology Mosquito control "Explainer: How climate change is amplifying mosquito-borne diseases". World Mosquito...
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