Sentence examples for main vector the from inspiring English sources

In this island, the main reservoir of Y. pestis is the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the main vector the rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) (3 ).

Raccoon rabies variant (RRV) is a zoonosis of concern for humans because its main vector, the raccoon (Procyon lotor), is found near residential areas.

In these localities An. darlingi is the main vector, the most abundant, highly seasonal, exo- and endophagic, and nearly exclusively exophilic (M. Moreno and others, unpublished data) (Table 1).

Even if this is unlikely to happen where Culex pipiens and/or Cx. quinqufasciatus are the main vector, the spatial scale of our analysis therefore may not adequately reflect the spatial scale of WNV transmission.

Murine typhus is found throughout the world, widely distributed in subtropical and tropical regions, and is most apparent in port cities with large rat populations (2, 4 ), which provide a reservoir for the pathogen and its main vector, the rat flea (X enopsylla cheopsis).

It is the main vector of the dengue virus, the causative agent of dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever.

Moreover, previous works have demonstrated that P. duboscqi, the main vector of the species Leishmania major, cannot transmit the species of the L. donovani complex [32].

In Latin America, Lutzomyia longipalpis is the main vector of the protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum, which is the causal agent of American Visceral Leishmaniasis.

The main vector for the European subtype is Ixodes ricinus, and for the other 2 subtypes, I. persulcatus (1, 3 – 5 ).

Only Phlebotomus sergenti was found infected with L. tropica in the southern focus; P. arabicus was the main vector in the northern focus.

The causative agent is Leishmania infantum and the main vector in the area is Phlebotomus perniciosus.