Sentence examples for vector for disease from inspiring English sources

It was understood that flies were a transmission vector for disease, and a public-health crisis seemed imminent.

But, you know, handling money can be a vector for disease.

A 2012 study by UC Berkeley postdoctoral scholar Julie Jedlicka confirmed that establishment of bluebird nest boxes in Northern California vineyards could control insect pests, with proven reduction in blue-green sharpshooters, a vector for disease.

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In contrast, the solid MBM residue retained infectivity in the animal bioassay and cannot be considered as decontaminated and thus could still serve as a vector for disease transmission.

It has been invoked as a vector for disease transmission to humans (including H5N1 spread by trade in birds [2] and SARS-associated coronavirus spread by trade in wild civets [3]) and wild animals (e.g. Chytridiomycosis spread by African clawed frogs [4]).

For example, he said, "even scientists who work in different realms will now see that things like preventing mosquitoes from being a delivery vector" for diseases like malaria, dengue and West Nile fever "would be a phenomenal thing".

The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) competes with native mosquito species; its bites are a nuisance to humans, and it is a vector for diseases such as West Nile virus.

The nonnative tiger mosquito, a vector for diseases including dengue, yellow fever and encephalitis, is expanding its range across North America and is set to displace more benign native species on the back of climate change.

The virus is transmitted by the Aedes genus of mosquito, which is also a vector for diseases like dengue and chikungunya.

But that's because we aren't thinking of ourselves as vectors for disease.