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Insect Vectors MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Insect Vectors
Tree Number(s)
N06.850.335.188.100.500
N06.850.520.203.375.100.500
Unique ID
D007303
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007303
Annotation
coord IM with specific insect (IM); specify both infecting organism & vector if pertinent; in the trypanosome-tsetse fly-cow relationship, the fly (not the cow) is the insect vector
Scope Note
Insects that transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host.
Date Introduced
1966/01/01
Last Updated
2020/06/12
Insect Vectors Preferred
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