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focos de vectores

English translation: foci of vectors/vector foci

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Spanish term or phrase:focos de vectores
English translation:foci of vectors/vector foci
Entered by: Lydianette Soza

22:55 Apr 30, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical: Health Care / project report
Spanish term or phrase: focos de vectores
Contexto:

Los habitantes de estas aldeas están protegidos contra dengue, malaria y focos de vectores de enfermedades diarreicas agudas.

Estaba pensando en outbreak pero creo que es demasiado específico para este contexto.
Lydianette Soza
Belize
Local time: 06:01
foci of vectors/vector foci
Explanation:
The singular in English is "focus of vectors," (or "vector focus") and the plural is "foci of vectors" (or "vector foci"). According to Merriam-Webster's English dictionary, a vector is "an organism (as an insect) that transmits a pathogen." For example, rats are vectors of plague, leptospirosis and rat bite fever. A "focus" is "a point of concentration" (Merriam-Webster), so "foci" would be where groups of vectors (for example, rats) are concentrated.
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Roxane Dow
United States
Local time: 08:01
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4 +1foci of vectors/vector foci
Roxane Dow
4vector sources
Ana Vozone


  

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foci of vectors/vector foci


Explanation:
The singular in English is "focus of vectors," (or "vector focus") and the plural is "foci of vectors" (or "vector foci"). According to Merriam-Webster's English dictionary, a vector is "an organism (as an insect) that transmits a pathogen." For example, rats are vectors of plague, leptospirosis and rat bite fever. A "focus" is "a point of concentration" (Merriam-Webster), so "foci" would be where groups of vectors (for example, rats) are concentrated.

Example sentence(s):
  • Identification of foci of vector-borne diseases does not require knowledge of exact abundances of vectors and pathogens; rather, a focus is defined by the presence, or some minimal level of abundance, of a vector and pathogen.
  • Avoid areas of known vector foci (for example, breeding sites of malaria mosquitoes in marshy, swampy areas in Africa or the forest edge in Thailand; or of blackflies in turbulent rivers in sub-Saharan Africa).

    Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/223462
    Reference: http://www.bvsde.paho.org/texcom/desastres/oxfdispr/cap3.pdf
Roxane Dow
United States
Local time: 08:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: vector foci - ver common term in public health.
46 mins
  -> Thank you, Muriel!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
vector sources


Explanation:
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Example sentence(s):
  • The two major vector sources of the disease are the American dog tick and the ...
  • ... on reducing exposure with management changes that reduce vector sources (eg rodents) .
Ana Vozone
Local time: 13:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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