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Chapter 25, Problem 3RQ
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Features of a reservoir that are good for an infectious agent.
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A reservoir can be an animal, bird or insect that helps in harboring the pathogen. The different forms of microbes cause various infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and so on. There are two modes of transmission of an infection. The indirect route involves vectors that carry the causative agent from an infected host to a healthy host.
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