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Vector Transmission

MedGen UID:
925560
Concept ID:
C4288028
Pathologic Function

Definition

The indirect transmission of an infectious agent to a host via another living organism, either through purely mechanical means (e.g., insect bite) or by that organism supporting the growth or changes in the agent that make it infectious to the host. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVector Transmission

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Moscatelli G, Moroni S, Ramírez JC, Warszatska B, Fernanda L, González N, Rabinovich A, Altcheh J
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2024 Jan;18(1):e0011895. Epub 2024 Jan 22 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011895. PMID: 38252673Free PMC Article
Hassan Bin Asad MH, Nazir H, Khalid S, Bibi S, Afzal K, Al-Kharaman YM, Ali A, Ali S, Shah HS, Khan MS, Akhtar Hussain SJ, Farid Hasan SM, Hussain I, Rizvanov AA
Pak J Pharm Sci 2019 Jul;32(4):1545-1554. PMID: 31608873
Fernández-Villegas A, Pinazo MJ, Marañón C, Thomas MC, Posada E, Carrilero B, Segovia M, Gascon J, López MC
BMC Infect Dis 2011 Jul 31;11:206. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-206. PMID: 21801456Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Tuells J, Henao-Martínez AF, Franco-Paredes C
Arch Med Res 2022 Nov;53(7):649-657. Epub 2022 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2022.10.005. PMID: 36404585
Mendicino D, Bottasso O
Trop Doct 2022 Oct;52(4):560-562. Epub 2022 Jul 15 doi: 10.1177/00494755221103002. PMID: 35837732
Colussi C, Stafuza M, Nepote M, Mendicino D
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2022;55:e04792021. Epub 2022 Apr 29 doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0479-2021. PMID: 35522808Free PMC Article
Southall E, Brett TS, Tildesley MJ, Dyson L
J R Soc Interface 2021 Sep;18(182):20210555. Epub 2021 Sep 29 doi: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0555. PMID: 34583561Free PMC Article
Harrison TW
J Pediatr Health Care 2002 Nov-Dec;16(6):278-81. PMID: 12436096

Diagnosis

Mendicino D, Bottasso O
Trop Doct 2022 Oct;52(4):560-562. Epub 2022 Jul 15 doi: 10.1177/00494755221103002. PMID: 35837732
de Oliveira LC, Pereira NB, Moreira CHV, Bierrenbach AL, Salles FC, de Souza-Basqueira M, Manuli ER, Ferreira AM, Oliveira CDL, Cardoso CS, Ribeiro ALP, Sabino EC
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020 Apr;102(4):800-803. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0330. PMID: 32100675Free PMC Article
Fasanella A, Garofolo G, Galella M, Troiano P, De Stefano C, Pace L, Aceti A, Serrecchia L, Adone R
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 Oct;13(10):769-71. Epub 2013 Jun 29 doi: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1302. PMID: 23808978
Hoag JB, Sessler CN
South Med J 2005 Nov;98(11):1123-9. doi: 10.1097/01.smj.0000177346.07719.00. PMID: 16351033
Harrison TW
J Pediatr Health Care 2002 Nov-Dec;16(6):278-81. PMID: 12436096

Therapy

Chan CX, Simmons BJ, Call JE, Yan S, Glass JS, Chapman MS
Cutis 2020 Oct;106(4):206-209. doi: 10.12788/cutis.0086. PMID: 33186422
Otranto D
Vet Parasitol 2018 Feb 15;251:68-77. Epub 2017 Dec 27 doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.12.021. PMID: 29426479
Santos JB, Luz Fd, Deckers FA, Tauil PL
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2010 Nov-Dec;43(6):749-50. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822010000600033. PMID: 21181040
Mpaka MA, Daniil Z, Kyriakou DS, Zakynthinos E
J Infect Dev Ctries 2009 Jul 1;3(6):479-83. doi: 10.3855/jidc.422. PMID: 19762964
Farid HA, Kamal SA, Weil GJ, Adham FK, Ramzy RM
East Mediterr Health J 2003 Jul;9(4):863-72. PMID: 15748083

Prognosis

Han CY, Issa H, Rychtář J, Taylor D, Umana N
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 Nov;14(11):e0008833. Epub 2020 Nov 3 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008833. PMID: 33141850Free PMC Article
Lowe R, Barcellos C, Brasil P, Cruz OG, Honório NA, Kuper H, Carvalho MS
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018 Jan 9;15(1) doi: 10.3390/ijerph15010096. PMID: 29315224Free PMC Article
Euzébio DM, Oliveira GG, Costa FO, Correia D, Costa BG, Silva AM
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2016 Apr;49(2):245-7. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0340-2015. PMID: 27192597
Gonçalves JG, Dias Silva VJ, Calzada Borges MC, Prata A, Correia D
Int J Cardiol 2010 Sep 3;143(3):235-42. Epub 2009 Mar 31 doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.02.011. PMID: 19336269
Mpaka MA, Daniil Z, Kyriakou DS, Zakynthinos E
J Infect Dev Ctries 2009 Jul 1;3(6):479-83. doi: 10.3855/jidc.422. PMID: 19762964

Clinical prediction guides

Mascarenhas A, Chakrabarti R, Chery-Karschney L, White J, Skillman KM, Kanjee U, Babar PH, Patrapuvich R, Mohanty AK, Duraisingh MT, Rathod PK
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2022 Oct 11;107(4_Suppl):118-123. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0005. PMID: 36228906Free PMC Article
Han CY, Issa H, Rychtář J, Taylor D, Umana N
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 Nov;14(11):e0008833. Epub 2020 Nov 3 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008833. PMID: 33141850Free PMC Article
de Oliveira LC, Pereira NB, Moreira CHV, Bierrenbach AL, Salles FC, de Souza-Basqueira M, Manuli ER, Ferreira AM, Oliveira CDL, Cardoso CS, Ribeiro ALP, Sabino EC
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020 Apr;102(4):800-803. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0330. PMID: 32100675Free PMC Article
Hohman LS, Peters NC
Trends Parasitol 2019 Jun;35(6):423-435. Epub 2019 May 9 doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.04.002. PMID: 31080088
Bancells C, Llorà-Batlle O, Poran A, Nötzel C, Rovira-Graells N, Elemento O, Kafsack BFC, Cortés A
Nat Microbiol 2019 Jan;4(1):144-154. Epub 2018 Nov 26 doi: 10.1038/s41564-018-0291-7. PMID: 30478286Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Soares Cajaiba-Soares AM, Martinez-Silveira MS, Paim Miranda DL, de Cássia Pereira Fernandes R, Reis MG
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021 Mar 8;104(5):1631-1638. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1199. PMID: 33684063Free PMC Article
Rodríguez Y, Rojas M, Gershwin ME, Anaya JM
J Autoimmun 2018 Mar;88:21-42. Epub 2017 Nov 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2017.11.007. PMID: 29183642

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