##  [Sylvatic Cycle](/sylvatic-cycle) 

  ##  [Sylvatic Cycle](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/sylvatic-cycle-0) 

  

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Definition

The natural transmission cycle of a pathogen that occurs primarily among wild animal hosts and, where applicable, their arthropod vectors within unmanaged or minimally managed ecosystems, functioning independently of domestic or human‑maintained transmission chains.