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What is the term usually applied to unicellular organisms and multicellular organisms that depend on a living host for their nourishment and survival?
What is the term usually applied to unicellular organisms and multicellular organisms that depend on a living host for their nourishment and survival?
- Fungus
- Bacteria
- Virus
- Parasite (correct)
What is the host called, in which the adult parasite lives and undergoes sexual reproduction?
What is the host called, in which the adult parasite lives and undergoes sexual reproduction?
- Intermediate host
- Reservoir host
- Definitive host (correct)
- Paratenic host
What is the host called, in which the larval stage of the parasite lives or asexual multiplication takes place?
What is the host called, in which the larval stage of the parasite lives or asexual multiplication takes place?
- Definitive host
- Paratenic host
- Reservoir host
- Intermediate host (correct)
What is the term for a host in which the larval stage of the parasite remains viable without further development, and transmits the infection to another host?
What is the term for a host in which the larval stage of the parasite remains viable without further development, and transmits the infection to another host?
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What is the term for a host that continuously keeps a parasitic infection in an endemic area?
What is the term for a host that continuously keeps a parasitic infection in an endemic area?
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