Vector competence

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006662",
  "term": "Vector competence",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The physiological ability of a vector organism to acquire, maintain and transmit an infectious agent, as described by susceptibility to a pathogen, immune response, and sustaining infection long enough for disease transmission to occur.",
  "synonyms": [
    "vector potential (epidemiology)"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "epidemiology",
    "disease vectors",
    "vectorial capacity"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "competencia del vector"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/vector-competence/"
}