TYPES OF HOST Flashcards
Accidentally harbors an organism that is not ordinarily parasitic in that particular species.
Accidental Host
The parasite lives in a host until its adult and sexual existence or until capable of sexual reproduction
Definitive Host
The organism in which parasite passes its larval or non-sexual existence
Intermediate Host
An animal acting as a substitute
intermediate host of a parasite.
Paratenic Host
Acquiring the said parasite is by
ingestion of the original host.
Paratenic Host
The host that a parasite or any other organism requires to become sexually mature to reproduce and spread infection.
Primary Host
Populations, species or ecological
communities that drive disease dynamics.
Reservoir Host
Microorganisms are transmitted by a number of routes and the same
organisms can be transmitted by more than one route
TRANSMISSION OF DISEASES
