Question

what are vectors?Give two examples

Answer 1

Vectors are living organisms which are carriers of diseases.

Explanation:

• Vectors are living organisms which are capable of transmitting diseases.

• Vectors can be any organisms which carry are capable of carrying disease causing infectious microbes.

• Most common vectors are mosquitoes, flies, fleas,  etc.
• Mosquitoes are vectors causing significant number of cases of Malaria and Dengue. Malaria is caused by a species of mosquito named Anopheles. Dengue is caused by a species of mosquito called Aedes.
• Fruitflies are known to cause dysentery and mild food poisoning.

• Viral vectors are used in the field industrial biotechnology as tools of genetic modification.

Answer 2

Vectors are agents or organisms that carry diseases.

Few important points on vectors:

1. Vectors are mainly some living organisms that carry infectious disease from an infected host to a healthy organism.

2. Mostly the vectors belong to the Phylum Arthropods such as lice, flies, mosquitoes, etc.

Two examples of vectors are:

a. The female Anopheles mosquito which is responsible for carrying malarial parasite. It carries the parasite from an infected host to a healthy organism.

b. Another example includes Tsetse fly which carries the parasite causing sleeping sickness named Trypanosomes.

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