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Disease Vectors

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Definition: Invertebrates or non-human vertebrates which transmit infective organisms from one host to another.     
See Also Disease Reservoirs
Examples Arthropod Vectors 		Other names Vectors, Infectious Disease; Vectors, Disease; Vector, Infectious Disease; Vector, Disease; Infectious Disease Vector; Disease Vectors, Infectious; Disease Vector, Infectious; Disease Vector; Infectious Disease Vectors

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