NALT

Preferred term

disease reservoirs

Organism

Animate or inanimate sources which harbor disease-causing organisms and thus serve as potential sources of disease outbreaks. Reservoirs should be distinguished from vectors and carriers, which are agents of disease transmission rather than continuing sources of potential disease outbreaks.

epidemiology

fomites

reservoir hosts
reservoirs (disease)

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

12302

Spanish

reservorios de enfermedades

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/34044

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 9/7/17