Hantavirus terms starting with V

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1. vector any living creature that transmits an infectious agent to humans.
2. Vector-borne transmission When researchers talk about vectors, often they are talking about insects, which as a group of invertebrate animals carry a host of different infectious…
3. Vehicle-borne transmission In this situation, a vehicle—that is, an inanimate object or material called in scientific terms a "fomite", becomes contaminated with the infectious…
4. Virus (VY-rus) In medicine, a very simple microorganism that infects cells and may cause disease.