My Health Status Update | Carriers of Microorganisms| Sun Aug 12 2018 22:32:54 GMT+0100 (WAT)

Carriers are agents which are capable of transferring or carrying microorganisms from one place to another. Non- living agents that carry micro-organisms from place to place are air, water and food.

Animals are the living things which transfer microorganisms from one place to another. Animals that carry pathogenic microorganisms are known as vectors.

Carriers use various parts of their bodies, e.g. legs, wings. Mouth parts, hoary bodies e.t.c to carry microorganisms. Therefore, microorganisms can be located in the mouth parts, legs, abdomen, wings and hairy bodies of insects.