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Host (biology)

In biology and medicine, a host is a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism; whether a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist guest (symbiont). The guest is typically provided with nourishment and shelter. Examples include animals playing host to parasitic worms (e.g. nematodes), cells harbouring pathogenic (disease-causing) viruses, or a…

History, Hosts to parasites & Non-parasitic associations

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Host (biology)

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Triples6
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.015038
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host hosts parasite plant mutualistic parasites range organism example relationship parasitism may definitive parasitic disease life species human bacteria guest

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disease caused by the gene.Types of hostsDefinitive or primary hostinstance ofwhere there is a trade-off between the advantage of resistance to a parasite and a cost0.80text
a whaleinstance ofand they spend most of their lives clinging to a host animal0.80text
turtle or sharkinstance ofand they spend most of their lives clinging to a host animal0.80text
hookworm are recorded from ancient Egypt from 3000 BC onwardsinstance ofhuman parasites0.80text
while in ancient Greeceinstance ofhuman parasites0.80text
the Hippocratic Corpus describes human bladder worminstance ofhuman parasites0.80text

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