Vectors - correct answer ✔✔are living organisms that can transmit infectious pathogens between
humans, or from animals to humans.
Mechanical/Phoretic vector - correct answer ✔✔transports the parasite; NO development of the
parasitic cycle (ex: Cockroach - Ascaris)
Biological vector - - correct answer ✔✔transmits the parasite after the completion of its development in
the host, necessary for the completion of its life cycle (ex: Mosquitoes - Malaria, Filaria)
True - correct answer ✔✔Vector-borne diseases are human illnesses caused by:
parasites
viruses; and
bacteria
TRUE OR FALSE?
False - correct answer ✔✔Vector-borne diseases are human illnesses caused by:
parasites, bacteria and fungi. TRUE OR FALSE?
Vector - correct answer ✔✔the carrier of the causative agent of the disease
Causative agent - correct answer ✔✔causes the disease
Virus - correct answer ✔✔a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of
an organism.
Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes
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