Assertion: heron | /r/Synonym | a reservoir host
Facets:
value: for the virus
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: It is transmitted by mosquitoes: an infected mosquito will transmit the virus to a yellow-crowned night heron, which will be unaffected by it but will host it (the heron is known as a “reservoir host” for the virus) until another mosquito picks it up from the heron and transmits it to a horse or a human.