VECTOR-BORNE TRANSMISSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vector-borne transmission mean? 

• VECTOR-BORNE TRANSMISSION (noun)
  The noun VECTOR-BORNE TRANSMISSION has 1 sense:

1. indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person

  Familiarity information: VECTOR-BORNE TRANSMISSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VECTOR-BORNE TRANSMISSION (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)