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How do vectors spread diseases?

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two diseases spread by the activity of a vector

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How does a vector spread disease?
A vector-borne disease is one in which the pathogenic microorganism is transmitted from an infected individual to another individual by an arthropod or other agent, sometimes with other animals...
What are vectors and how do they spread diseases?
Vectors are disease-carriers, such as fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. They pick the agents of disease from their hosts, then actively infect new hosts, usually through a bite.
Two diseases spread by the activity of a vector?
Lyme from ticks, West Nile from mosquitoes.
Which of the following is an example of a vector and the disease it spreads?
Eg. Mosquitoes are the vectors for malaria, fleas are the vectors for bubonic plague.
What are some of the biological vectors that spread disease?
There are many vectors that carry disease, here are a few; Ixodes tick - lyme diseaseMosquitos - malariaSand fly - leishmaniaBlack fly - onchocircosisReduvid bug - chagas diseaserats - bubonic plague