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Communicable diseases
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Animate or inanimate sources which normally harbor disease-causing organisms and thus serve as potential sources of disease outbreaks. Reservoirs are distinguished from vectors (DISEASE VECTORS) and carriers, which are agents of disease transmission rather than continuing sources of potential disease outbreaks
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--individual epidemic diseases
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--subdivision Parasites under individual organs and regions of the body, e.g. Heart--Parasites
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-- See Also the narrower term Zoonoses
--individual zoonotic diseases, e.g. Brucellosis; Rabies; etc
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