Mechanical Transmission Example (Figure 16.12a). Reprinted from OpenStax Microbiology (p. 668), by N. Parker, M. Shneegurt, A.-h. Thi Tu, B. M. Forester, and P. Lister, 2016, Rice University. Copyright 2016 by Rice University. https://openstax.org/books/microbiology/pages/16-3-modes-of-disease-transmission

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Mechanical transmission is a form of vector transmission that occurs when an animal vector, such as an arthropod, carries a pathogen on the outside of its body and transmits it to a new host through direct physical contact.

Mechanical Vector Transmission

Mechanical Transmission Example

An animal that can transfer a pathogen from one host to another without itself being infected

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