Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 10SA
Explain how an insect might act as a mechanical vector for one disease and a biological vector for another.
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