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disease vector

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 716834 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain microbiologyimmunology
  • organism (verdimev putukas või puuk), mis levitab haigusetekitajaid ühelt peremehelt teisele
  • an agent used as a vehicle for transfer
  • an agent (usually an insect) which transmits a disease caused by a parasite or micro-organism from one host to another.
vektor preferred
nakkusekandja
vector preferred
Usage examples
  • BSE in bovine animals is considered to originate from the use in feed of protein obtained from ruminants, constituting a vector for the transmission of agents of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and not effectively treated to inactivate such agents.
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