According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vectors are mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas that spread pathogens. A person who gets bitten by a vector and gets sick has a vector-borne disease. Some vector-borne diseases have been around for thousands of years while others are newly emerging in our society.

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More information can be found at:

https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dvbd/index.html