Question

Vectors can be defined as

• A. microorganisms that cause many diseases
• B. animals that carry the infecting agents from a sick person to a healthy person
• C. infected person diseases
• D. diseased plants

Answer 1

The correct option is B

animals that carry the infecting agents from a sick person to a healthy person

The correct option is B

Explanation of the correct option:

1. Vector-Borne diseases are illnesses caused by vectors.
2. A vector is a carrier of the causative microbe for various diseases such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas.
3. A vector is any pathogen that carries and transmits an infectious agent into other living organisms.
4. These vectors may be parasites or other microbes.
5. The diseases spread by vectors are Malaria, dengue, yellow fever, leishmaniasis, Trypanosomiasis, filariasis, etc.
6. Vectors carry the infecting agents from a sick person to a healthy person.

Final answer: Vectors can be defined as animals carrying the infecting agents from a sick person to a healthy person.