The case for greater focus on mosquitoes, ticks in epidemiology

The textbook approach to managing disease outbreaks focuses on three factors -- pathogen, host, and environment -- but it leaves out one critical component in the case of afflictions such as Zika, malaria, and Lyme: the insect or arthropod responsible for transmission to humans. A new report proposes a new version of the classic 'epidemiologic triad' that better reflects the complexities of managing vector-borne diseases.

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