There has been an outbreak of communicable diseases in the community. To reduce parental anxiety, the nurse presents information about disease at the school's Parent Teacher Association meeting. The nurse explains that children cannot acquire vector-borne diseases from other children. The nurse explains that vector-borne diseases include:

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Measles and Pertussis are not vector-borne diseases and can be transmitted directly from person to person. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, West Nile Virus, and Lyme disease are all examples of vector-borne diseases, which are transmitted to humans through the bites of infected arthropods such as ticks, mosquitoes or fleas.

There Has Been an Outbreak of Communicable Diseases in the Community