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Atmospheric Microbial Vectorization (epidemiology)

In epidemiology, a vector is any agent (person, animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism. The atmospheric currents of our earth can also act as a vector that can carry infectious pathogens across international boundaries and even across continents.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1900246/

http://www.news.gatech.edu/2013/01/27/study-finds-substantial-microorganism-populations-upper-troposphere MegerlerMegerler (talk) 23:29, 1 November 2013 (UTC)