Disease vector
AGENT THAT CARRIES AND TRANSMITS AN INFECTIOUS PATHOGEN INTO ANOTHER LIVING ORGANISM
Vector species; Insect-borne disease; Vector (epidemiology); Vector borne transmission; Vector (disease); Vector (parasitology); Insect vectors; Disease vectors; Insect vector; Contagion vector; Vector-borne disease; Disease-vector; Draft:Vector-Borne Disease; Vector competence; Vector-borne
In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen to another living organism; agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as parasites or microbes. The first major discovery of a disease vector came from Ronald Ross in 1897, who discovered the malaria pathogen when he dissected a mosquito.