Question

What is the difference between vehicle borne and vector borne transmission?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Vehicle borne transmission is a indirect transmission under which infectious agent is transferred to a person when the agent comes in contact with person's body. For example, malaria, West Nile fever, water borne diseases, etc.

Vector borne transmission take place when a living organism ( vector) such as an arthropod or insect carries disease-causing agent to another living body during it's life cycle. For example, Dengue fever, Plague, etc.

Answer 2

Vehicle borne transmission is an indirect transmission of an infectious organism when the host of the organism is in contact with another potential host. Vector borne, on the other hand, happens when there is a transmitter involved causing the spread of the disease. This transmitter is called the vector.