VECTOR-BORNE TRANSMISSION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("vector-borne transmission" is a kind of...):

indirect transmission (a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector)

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