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definitive host

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definitive host  (d-fn-tv)
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Noun1.definitive host - the host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place
host - an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association


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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.
Echinococcosis risk among domestic definitive hosts, Japan by Oku, Yuzaburo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Epidemiologic surveys of Echinococcus multilocularis in the definitive hosts by coproantigen detection between 1996-2000.
Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs, Japan by Kawanaka, Masanori / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Foxes are frequently definitive hosts (adult stage), and small mammals are intermediate hosts (larval stage or metacestode).
Pasture types and Echinococcus multilocularis, Tibetan communities by Giraudoux, Patrick / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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