Assertion: imported fire ant | /r/CapableOf | reduce transmission rates
Facets:
value: to animals
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to humans
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Despite this mostly-negative association, one study shows that red imported fire ants may be capable of impacting vector-borne disease transmissions by regulating tick populations and altering vector and host dynamics, thereby reducing transmission rates not only to animals, but to humans as well.