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NALT Full

Preferred term

disease vectors

Type

Organism

Definition

Invertebrates or non-human vertebrates which transmit infective organisms from one host to another.
Source: Medical Subject Headings
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

epidemiology

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Synonyms

infectious disease vectors

In other languages

vectores de enfermedades

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/22673

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