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  1. insect vectors

    In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen to another living organism; agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as parasites or microbes. The first major discovery of a disease vector came from Ronald Ross in 1897, who discovered the malaria pathogen when he dissected a mosquito.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Insect Vectors

    Insects that transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of insect vectors in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of insect vectors in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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  1. Mona Sarfaty:

    Children suffer more heat impacts because they spend more time outside. They are more vulnerable to the heat-related increases in air pollution that come from fossil fuel exhaust, because their lungs are still developing. Outdoor play also makes them more prey to insect vectors carrying dangerous infections, the doctors in our societies are seeing these problems today, and they will undoubtedly get worse if we don't decisively address climate change.

  2. Mona Sarfaty:

    The danger to children is real and is already witnessed by physicians in the US, children suffer more heat impacts because they spend more time outside. They are more vulnerable to the heat-related increases in air pollution that come from fossil fuel exhaust, because their lungs are still developing. Outdoor play also makes them more prey to insect vectors carrying dangerous infections.


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