Vector (epidemiology)
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In epidemiology, a disease vector is any agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism; most agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as intermediate parasites or microbes, but it could be an inanimate medium of infection such as dust particles.
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See also
- Airborne disease
- Asymptomatic carrier
- Fomite
- Globalization and disease
- Insect vectors of human pathogens
- Insect vectors of plant pathogens
- VectorBase: genomic database of invertebrate vectors of human pathogens
- Natural reservoir
- Waterborne disease
- 2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak
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