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Medical Definition of Transovarial transmission
1. Passage of parasites or infective agents from the maternal body to eggs within the ovaries; commonly used to describe certain arthropods, to explain the ability of larvae of the next generation to transmit disease pathogens, as with the infection of larval mites or ticks with rickettsiae or viruses. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transovarial Transmission
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