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host

In biology, an organism that is parasitized by another. In commensalism, the partner that does not benefit may also be called the host.

host

Large computer that supports a number of smaller computers or terminals that are connected to it via a network. Hosts may be mainframe computers that service large number of terminals or green screens, or, for example, Internet hosts that serve Web pages and files to personal computers attached via the Internet.



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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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