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What is the role of vector in the spread of disease?

Vectors are living organisms that can transmit disease to humans. They can carry pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, or parasites, and introduce them to humans through bites or contact. Common vectors include mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas, which can spread diseases like malaria, dengue fever, Lyme disease, and bubonic plague. Vector control is an important strategy in preventing the spread of these diseases.


What does vector mean?

A quantity having direction as well as magnitude, also, the word can be used to refer to disease-spreading organisms (such as fleas and rats).


What is a xenodiagnosis?

A xenodiagnosis is a diagnosis of an infectious disease by exposure to a vector of that disease, incubating the vector and examining it for the presence of that disease.


Identify possible cause of a disease?

A vector. A vector is a disease causing agent. Such as ticks, or mosquitos.


When was Spreading the Disease created?

Spreading the Disease was created on 1985-10-30.


What is vector spread disease and the examples?

A disease which is carried and spread by an agent (animal or microorganism) is a vector spread disease. Eg. Mosquitoes are the vectors for malaria.


What Bubonic plague caused an rapid spreading disease?

What Bubonic plague caused an rapid spreading disease


What is the Biological vector of typhus?

a disease


What is the role of a mosquito as a vector in spreading malaria?

They are caled the vectors or the method of transmission.yhe mosquito itself does not become infected but acts as a carrier and transmits the infection to humans after biting the person


An organism that carries a disease-causing microorganism from one host to another?

An organism that carries a disease-causing microorganism from one host to another is called a vector. An example of a vector is a deer tick carrying Lyme disease.


Why are disease Spreading?

It's because a disease is as small as the wind and can be carried by the wind. When the wind blows, the disease comes with it. Spreading through different people.


Is mosquito a vector?

I would say yes, as it can carries Malaria.