vector-borne disease
nounUK /ˈvek.tə bɔːn dɪˈziːz/
US /ˈvek.tɚ bɔːrn dɪˈziːz/
A sickness you can get from a tiny animal like a mosquito or tick that carries germs.
Malaria is a vector-borne disease spread by mosquitoes.
SYNONYMS
OTHER MEANINGS
2. An illness passed from one living creature to another by a carrier organism.
Lyme disease is a vector-borne disease carried by ticks.
3. A disease whose spread depends on an intermediate animal host.
Yellow fever is a vector-borne disease that spreads through mosquito bites.
4. A public-health term for infections transmitted by blood-feeding insects.
Health workers track vector-borne diseases during the rainy season.