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The vector of transmission for Bubonic Plague is the?
Bubonic plague is usually transmitted by infected fleas. These fleas typically live on rodents, in particular rats.
What is the difference between Xenopsylla cheopis and bubonic plague?
xenopsylla cheopis is the scientific name of the flea that is the vector for Yersinia pestis, which is the bacteria that causes bubonic plague.
What animal causes plague?
It was a bacterium that caused it, but rats and fleas between them were the vector which spread the disease.
What is the vector of the Bubonic Plague?
The disease is transmitted from animals to humans.Plague infects wild rodents, especially rats, and is transmitted animal to animal and occasionally to humans by flea bites. The flea is the vector.
What is a rat flea?
The Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is a parasite of rodents, primarily of the genus Rattus, and is primary vector for bubonic plague and murine typhus.
What is the role of the vectors in the transmission of disease?
Vectors play very important role in spread of many diseases. The microorganism spends dominant or recessive stage of it's life cycle. Without the vector the disease can not spread in most of the cases. Malaria and plague are two important vector born diseases.
What is vector in biology?
A vector in Biology is a carrier /transporter of a virus fungi or bacteria. For example a plasmid is a vector that carries genetic information to a cell, and the mosquito is the vector of the malaria causing parasite.
Can a vector be represented in terms of unit vector?
Yes, a vector can be represented in terms of a unit vector which is in the same direction as the vector. it will be the unit vector in the direction of the vector times the magnitude of the vector.
How plague is caused by rats?
Yes, they did get sick from the plague, in fact they were one of the animals in the chain of links which enabled us humans to catch the plague, (from the flea bites the rats were getting). In general this was bad for all the countries affected by the black death as it would leave the villages, towns, cities etc in a bad condition, which could cause even more disease in the long run.
What is null vector?
NULL VECTOR::::null vector is avector of zero magnitude and arbitrary direction the sum of a vector and its negative vector is a null vector...
What is the angle between vector a and vector b when mode of vector a plus vector b is equal to mode of vector a minus vector b?
90 degrees
What is the sum of two vectors A.addition vector B.distance vector C.resultant vector D.displacement vector?
That is usually called the resultant vector.
