Members of the class Arachnida, especially SPIDERS; SCORPIONS; MITES; and TICKS; which transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host.
Synonyms: Vectors, Arachnid, Vector, Arachnid, Arachnid Vector, Arachnid Vectors
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74 ,coord IM with specific arachnid (IM); specify both infecting organism & vector if pertinent; in the rickettsial-tick-dog relationship, the tick is the arachnid vector, not the dog ,74(71)
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D001096