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Which action can limit the transmission of pathogens by animal vector?
Using insecticides
What is the sum of two vectors A.addition vector B.distance vector C.resultant vector D.displacement vector?
That is usually called the resultant vector.
120 meters northeast vector or scalar?
It is a displacement vector.
Why is Vector resolution the opposite of vector addition?
Vector addition derives a new vector from two or more vectors, and vector resolution is breaking a vector down into its two or more components.
How can a null vector be a vector if there is no direction?
It has magnitude 0 and a direction and obeys vector laws, so is a vector
Does leishmaniasis have a vaccine control possibility?
There is currently no licensed vaccine against Leishmania and control measures rely on chemotherapy to alleviate disease and on vector control to reduce transmission. A major vaccine development program aimed initially at cutaneous leishmaniasis is under way.
Can leishmaniasis be transmitted from one dog to another?
Leishmaniasis is transmitted by sand flies which bite an infected dog and then bite another causing the transmission. Potentially humans can be infected in the same manner.
Who discovered leishmaniasis?
William leishmaniasis
What is a Vector that aids in the transmission of sleeping sickness?
trypanosoma
What is the vector that aids in the transmission of malaria?
female anopheles mosquito
Transmission of a communicable disease by a vector is an example of?
indirect contact
What vector aids in the transmission of slepping sickness?
The tsetse fly.
How does leishmaniasis spread?
Leishmaniasis is normally spread via the bite of a female sandfly in areas where Leishmaniasis is endemic. Leishmaniasis is also spread by blood transfusion, sharing needles, sexually and congenitally. The Leishmaniasis parasite has been proven to survive in stored blood for at least 30 days which is why the US Military and the CDC have a ban on donating blood for one year for persons returning from endemic countries, to include Iraq and Afghanistan.
Identify vector that aids in the transmission of sleeping sickness?
tsetse fly
How may leishmaniasis be said to be a common disorder?
At any one time, about 20 million people throughout the world are infected with leishmaniasis. Between one million and one and one-half million cases of cutaenous leishmaniasis are reported yearly worldwide.
The spread of a disease by the bite of a certain mosquito is known as?
vector-borne transmission
What kind of transmission are the Malaria and West Nile virus known for?
vector-borne
