insecte vecteur

CONT: The disease agent replicates (increases) within the vector insect, and there is often close specificity between vector and disease agent. The insect is thus a vital link in biological transfer and efforts to curb disease nearly always involve attempts to reduce vector numbers.

CONT: La protección personal, representada por repelentes y mosquiteros impregnados con insecticida, previenen la transmisión de enfermedades transmitidas por insectos vectores (los portadores del parásito o virus), al prevenir el contacto vector/hombre.