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What term is given to the mosquito based on it's role in the transmission of malaria pathogen?​

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As a final destination for viruses and malaria sporozoites before injection into a vertebrate host, the mosquito salivary glands play a critical role in the transmission of pathogens. Although the specific mechanisms by which such pathogens infect mosquito salivary glands are not particularly well detailed .

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The term given to the mosquito based on it's role in the transmission of malaria pathogen is called a vector

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Vectors are organisms that helps in transmission of disease causative agent. Malaria would not have been possible in man but because of the role mosquito plays in its transmission which also allow life cycle of plasmodium to be completed in mosquito

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