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VECTOR-BORNE TRANSMISSION
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I. (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)
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