What is the definition of a vector?

The organism that aids blood clotting in our body.

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The organism that help to create new antibodies.

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The organism that carries pathogen from infected to healthy individual.

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The organism that helps in acquiring immunity.

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The correct option is C The organism that carries pathogen from infected to healthy individual.
The agents that carry and transmit a disease causing pathogen from an infected individual to a healthy individual are known as vectors. For example, the female Anopheles mosquito is the vector for the transmission of malarial parasite.

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