Disease Vector

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Subsets

NCIT_C90259, NCIT_C128453

ALT DEFINITION

An organism that can carry and transmit a pathogen to another organism.

Contributing Source

NICHD

Legacy Concept Name

Disease_Vector

Preferred Name

Disease Vector

Semantic Type

Eukaryote

UMLS CUI

C0012656

code

C14198

definition

An invertebrate animal (e.g., tick, mite, mosquito, bloodsucking fly) capable of transmitting an infectious agent among vertebrates.

has exact synonym

Disease Vector

Disease Vectors

Vector

Vector (Infectious Agent)

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ncit.owl

Subclass of: