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Arachnid Vectors  

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Note

  • coord IM with specific arachnid (IM); specify both infecting organism & vector if pertinent; in the rickettsial-tick-dog relationship, the tick is the arachnid vector, not the dog

Scope note

  • Members of the class Arachnida, especially SPIDERS; SCORPIONS; MITES; and TICKS; which transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host.

History note

  • 74(71)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001096

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