VECTOR BORNE BACTERIAL DISEASES

BY ABIRAMI.K.V.

VECTOR:


In epidemiology, a vector is any agent that carries and transmits an infectious agent. Vectors are vehicles by which infections are transmitted from one host to another. A disease that is transmitted to humans or other animals by an insect or other arthropod is called a vector-borne disease.

BACTERIAL DISEASES:
PLAGUE RELAPSING LYME

FEVER

DISEASE

EHRLICHIOSIS TYPHUS

FEVER FEVER

SPOTTED TRENCH

FEVER

PLAGUE


Plague is caused by the organism Yersinia pestis. Rodents, such as rats, spread the disease to humans. People can get the plague when they are bitten by a flea that carries the plague bacteria from an infected rodent.

There three most common forms of plague are: a) Bubonic plague -- an infection of the lymph nodes b) Pneumonic plague -- an infection of the lungs c) Septicemic plague -- an infection of the blood


PLAGUE