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Flashcards by Katherine Havighorst, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Katherine Havighorst
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Simbiosis | Living together |
| Commensalism | One symbiont benefits, the other is unaffected |
| Mutualism | Both symbionts benefit |
| Parasitism | One symbiont benefits, the other is damaged |
| Obligate | Cannot exist without the host |
| Facultative | Can be free-living or parasitic |
| Spurios parasites | False infection The organism/egg found on fecal examination that is from a source outside of the individual, and not related to an infection of the individual in question |
| Zoonotic parasites | Typically infect animals but can infect humans |
| Definitive Host | The host in which a parasite undergoes sexual reproduction and/or fertilization |
| Intermediate Host | Harbors larval stage(s) of a parasite |
| Paratenic/Transfer Host | -Substitute intermediate host -Ingests and harbors parasitic stage but is not infected - |
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