# Disease Vector **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Type:** Epidemiological concept **Primary source:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Definition A **disease vector** is an organism that carries and transmits a pathogen between hosts. ## Relationships - [[wiki/Aedes aegypti|Aedes aegypti]] is studied as a disease-vector species. - Its whole-brain connectome project extends connectomic methods into a species whose sensory and behavioral circuits are relevant to disease transmission.