When teaching a patient about ways to prevent West Nile disease, the nurse should tell the patient to avoid which vector?
A) Deer ticks
B) Mosquitoes
C) Cats
D) Dogs
B) Mosquitoes
Explanation: A) Vectors are living intermediaries that convey an infectious agent from its reservoir to a susceptible host. Lyme disease is transmitted by the bite of the deer tick.
B) Vectors are living intermediaries that convey an infectious agent from its reservoir to a susceptible host. West Nile disease and some forms of meningitis are transmitted by mosquitoes.
C) Vectors are living intermediaries that convey an infectious agent from its reservoir to a susceptible host. Cats can spread toxoplasmosis, which can be very dangerous to pregnant women.
D) Vectors are living intermediaries that convey an infectious agent from its reservoir to a susceptible host. Bites from dogs transmit diseases such as rabies.
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