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Vector’s

Vector’s. By: Carly Crute a nd Christian Tilley. Definition. A vector is any agent (person, animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious agent. Mosquitoes. M osquitoes are vectors of avian malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever and chikungunya . Bats.

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Vector’s

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  1. Vector’s By: Carly Crute and Christian Tilley

  2. Definition • Avector is any agent (person, animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious agent

  3. Mosquitoes • Mosquitoes are vectors of avian malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever and chikungunya.

  4. Bats • Bats which represent about 20% of all known mammalian species act as reservoirs for viruses such as the Hendra virus (HeV) and the SARS like coronaviruses and in many cases as a vector for various viruses such as the lyssaviruses including the rabies virus.

  5. Fleas • Transmit bubonic plague, murine typhus and tapeworms.

  6. Ticks • Ticks of the genus Ixodes are vectors of Lyme disease and babesiosis and along with lice transmit various members of the bacterial genus Rickettsia.

  7. Ringworm • Ringworm is a skin infection due to a fungus. Often, there are several patches of ringworm on your skin at once. • Ringworm is common, especially among children. However, it may affect people of all ages. It is caused by a fungus, not a worm like the name suggests.

  8. Rickettsia • Rickettsia species are carried by many ticks, fleas, and lice. • It causes diseases in humans such as typhus, rickettsialpox, Boutonneuse fever, African tick bite fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Flinders Island spotted fever and Queensland tick typhus (Australian Tick Typhus).

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