Question

Diffrentiate between vectors and carriers

Answer 1

Carrier is an individual which has the disease, it is capable of transmitting the disease to a new individual.

Example: A human with HIV, who can transmit the virus to another healthy individual is an example of a carrier

Vector is an organism which is capable of transmitting disease from infected individual to new individual without having the disease.

Example: Anopheles mosquito that carries malaria parasites between humans is an example of a vector