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Organisms that transmit a disease from one person to another are called .

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infectors
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vectors
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pathogens
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The correct option is B vectors
A vector is an organism that does not cause disease itself but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another. For example, Mosquitoes are called vectors, which means they are the carriers of Malaria. They are not the cause of the disease. Mosquitoes are just the media that carry the parasite causing malaria from one person to the other.

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