Vector
Of animal, agent and microorganism. May also be referred to as transmitter.
Any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects".
This concept's ID is @1~50190
Contains
- transducing vector
A vector for delivering genes into cells.
- carrier
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can...