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Definition of vectors and pathogens

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Vector is an organism that spreads the disease from one person to another. An example is a mosquito, which spreads malaria from one person to another.
The pathogen is an organism that causes disease in an organism. The malarial parasite causing malaria is the pathogen here.

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