A secondary host or intermediate host is a host that harbors the parasite only for a short transition period, during which (usually) some developmental stage is completed. For trypanosomes, the cause of sleeping sickness, humans are the intermediate host, while the tsetse fly is the definitive host, given that it has been shown that reproduction o...
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(from the article `community ecology`) Parasites have evolved by three major evolutionary routes to alternate among two or more hosts. Some parasite species have evolved to alternate ...
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The host which harbors the immature stages or the asexual stages of a parasite, a separate organism to that which harbours the sexual stage.
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a host in which a parasite passes one or more of its asexual stages; usually designated first and second, if there is more than one.
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Host in which a parasite develops to some extent but not to sexual maturity.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. one in which larval or developmental stages occur; 2. a host through which a microorganism can pass or which contains an asexual stage of a parasite. Synonyms: secondary host
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An animal or other living body in which a parasite completes part of its life cycle and usually causes no damage.
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A host that (usually) is essential to the life cycle of a parasite and in which the parasite undergoes development to juvenile but not mature stages.
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n] - a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle
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a host in which a parasite goes through some stages of its life cycle before migrating to the definitive host
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noun a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle
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A host where maturation of the parasite or asexual reproduction takes place, in other words, reproduction where there is division and amplification of the parasite, but there is no sex involved.
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an animal or other living body in which a parasite completes part of its life cycle and usually causes no damage.
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The organism which houses the immature or non-sexually reproducing stage of a parasite. For example, the sheep is the normal intermediate host for the hydatid tapeworm, while humans are the intermediate host for the malarial parasite.
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the host in which a parasite undergoes development but does not reach sexual maturity.
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