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Vector-borne disease

Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025
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Verified for the 2027 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025

Definition

Disease transmission in which an organism (vector) carries and transmits a pathogen to another organism.

AP course connection

Topic 8.3: 8.3 Population Ecology

Unit 8

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