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Jane gets bitten by a mosquito. Through the bite, she can become infected with an organism carried by the mosquito. What role did the mosquito play in the chain of transmission?

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The mosquito Played the role of Vector.
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Answer:

Mosquito played the role of vector

Step-by-step explanation:

Vector is an organism that do not have the ability to cause the disease itself but it carries the disease-causing organism and transfer it from one person to another person. One of the most famous examples is the female Anopheles mosquitoes.

Female Anopheles mosquitoes spread malaria. It gets the causative agent of malaria called plasmodium parasite from the blood of the infected person and transfer it to a healthy person through its saliva when it bites to a healthy person.

Therefore here mosquito played a role of vector in the chain of transmission.

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