1. Reinfection by microbes or parasitic organisms on or within the body that have already passed through an infective cycle, such as a succession of boils, or a new infective cycle with production of a new generation of larvae and adults, as by the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis or the cestode Hymenolepsis nana. ... 2. Self-infection by direct ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: aw′tō-in-fek′shŭn Definitions: 1. Reinfection by microbes or parasitic organisms that have already passed through an infective cycle. 2. Self-infection by direct contagion, as with pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) eggs passed in the infectious state and transmitted by fingernails (anal-oral route). S...
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autoinfection 1. Reinfection by an organism existing within the body or transferred from one part of the body to another. 2. The direct reinfection of a host individual by larval offspring of an existing parasite.
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reinfection by a pathogen that is already in the body. · infection caused by transfer of a pathogen from one part of the body to another.
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