PATHOLOGY MCQ
PARASITIC DISEASES
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Question
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What is the definition of intermediate hosts?
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predominantly single celled organisms housing a membrane bound nucleus and belonging to the kingdom Protista
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the host in which a parasite undergoes development but does not reach maturity
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showing no evidence of disease
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medicine used to cure an animal of worms
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An intermediate host is host in which the parasite undergoes larval development but does not reach sexual maturity, parasites often can undergo asexual reproduction in this type of host.
Detailed explanation-2: -Primary host is the host in which the parasite undergoes sexual reproduction or the host that harbors the adult stage or sexually mature stage of a parasite.
Detailed explanation-3: -intermediate host. noun. : a host which is normally used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle and in which it may multiply asexually but not sexually compare definitive host.
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