vector
Let an agent explain disease vectors and how they transmit pathogens, describe vector-borne diseases and control measures from health authorities, cover plant and veterinary vectors, and separate the viral vector and mathematical senses.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain disease vectors and how they transmit pathogens, describe vector-borne diseases and control measures from health authorities, cover plant and veterinary vectors, and separate the viral vector and mathematical senses.
An organism that transmits a pathogen from one host to another, such as mosquitoes carrying malaria and dengue, ticks carrying Lyme disease, fleas, sandflies and other insects and arthropods, as well as animal reservoirs, asymptomatic carriers and vectors of plant pathogens such as aphids; in a related technical sense a viral vector is an engineered virus used to deliver genes; vectors are studied in epidemiology and entomology and controlled by public health and agricultural programmes.
What it is for: Organisms transmitting pathogens.
It can be explain transmission; describe diseases and control; cover plant and veterinary vectors; separate other senses.
Distinguishing features
Transmission role
Biological or mechanical
Target of control
Multiple senses
What it looks like
Insects, arthropods and animals carrying pathogens.
How it is recognised
Carries pathogens between hosts
Mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, aphids
A mathematical vector and a viral gene vector are other senses
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - what vectors carry
is related to - a vector-borne disease
In practice
Families and kinds
mosquito vectors
tick and mite vectors
flea, fly and sandfly vectors
animal reservoirs and carriers
plant pathogen vectors such as aphids
Standards and regulation
World Health Organization vector control guidance
Pesticide and biocide regulation
Plant health and quarantine rules
Failure modes and hazards
Outbreaks of vector-borne disease
Insecticide resistance
Confusing senses of vector
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What vectors are.
Science.
Transmission
How vectors transmit.
Transmission
Transmission.
- How do biological and mechanical vectors transmit pathogens, and what are reservoirs and asymptomatic carriers? definition
- Is the disease vector, a viral gene vector or a mathematical vector meant? boundary
Diseases
Vector-borne diseases.
Diseases
Diseases.
- Which diseases are carried by mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and other vectors, according to health authorities? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific disease? action
Protect Prevention and control.
Public health.
Personal
Personal protection.
Personal
Protection.
- How can people protect themselves from vector bites, according to health guidance? provenance
- Is the user describing symptoms after a bite, which need a clinician? boundary
Control
Vector control programmes.
Control
Control.
- How do vector control programmes use nets, insecticides, habitat management and biological methods, and what about resistance? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific programme? action
Other Plant and animal vectors.
Context.
Plants
Plant pathogen vectors.
Plants
Plants.
- How do aphids and other vectors spread plant pathogens, and how are they managed? provenance
- Which entry fits plant disease? action
Climate
Vectors and climate.
Climate
Climate.
- How is climate change affecting vector ranges and disease risk, according to research? provenance
- Which findings are uncertain? boundary
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How was vector transmission discovered, from Ross and Manson to modern entomology? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can vector biology be taught? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each vector group be a separate entry?
- How should control guidance be linked?
- How should surveillance data be linked?