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What is a vector disease?

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Answer:

A vector-borne disease is an infection that requires the participation of some other factor (vector) that actively infects successive victims.

For Example:

Malaria, yellow fever and West Nile Virus all require mosquitoes
Sleeping sickness requires tsetse flies.
Lyme Disease requires ticks.
The Plague requires fleas.

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