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Disease Reservoirs(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Disease Reservoirs
Used for/see from:
  • n: Infectious Disease Reservoirs
  • Disease Reservoir
  • Human Disease Reservoirs
  • Infectious Disease Reservoir
  • Reservoirs of Infection
  • n: Disease Reservoir, Human
  • n: Disease Reservoir, Infectious
  • n: Disease Reservoirs, Human
  • n: Human Disease Reservoir
  • n: Infection Reservoir
  • n: Infection Reservoirs
  • n: Reservoir, Disease
  • n: Reservoir, Infectious Disease
  • n: Reservoirs, Human Disease

differentiate from DISEASE VECTORS: reservoirs can be animate or inanimate (like swamps, housedust, etc.)

Animate or inanimate sources which normally harbor disease-causing organisms and thus serve as potential sources of disease outbreaks. Reservoirs are distinguished from vectors (DISEASE VECTORS) and carriers, which are agents of disease transmission rather than continuing sources of potential disease outbreaks. Humans may serve both as disease reservoirs and carriers.

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