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hostIn biology, an organism that is parasitized by another. In commensalism, the partner that does not benefit may also be called the host. host
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Prevalence of echinococcosis in definitive hosts subjected to fecal egg examination, ELISA coproantigen test, and PCR copro-DNA detection, Japan Positive samples (%) Species No. Epidemiologic surveys of Echinococcus multilocularis in the definitive hosts by coproantigen detection between 1996-2000. Foxes are frequently definitive hosts (adult stage), and small mammals are intermediate hosts (larval stage or metacestode). |
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