Search Results for: infective stage
Infective stage
Definition noun (parasitology) The stage in the life cycle of an endoparasite wherein it can initiate infection to its... Read More
Trypomastigote
Definition noun, plural: trypomastigotes (protistology) The developmental stage or the morphological form in the lifecycle... Read More
Reservoir host
Reservoir Host Definition A reservoir host is a host that harbors the pathogen and serves as a source of the infective... Read More
Obligate parasite
Parasitism is a form of symbiosis that occurs between a parasite and its host. The parasite is the organism that generally... Read More
Naegleria fowleri
Naegleria fowleri (commonly referred to as the brain-eating amoeba) is a heat-loving amoeboflagellate protozoan of the... Read More
Sporozoite
Definition noun, plural: sporozoites A minute, elongated cell that arise from the repeated division of the oocyst during... Read More
Indirect life cycle
Definition noun A type of parasitic life cycle wherein the parasite is transmitted indirectly from one host to the next,... Read More
Ancylostoma duodenale
Definition noun A hookworm species of humans and regarded as the old world hookworm of man Supplement Ancylostoma duodenale... Read More
Toxoplasma gondii
Definition noun A parasitic protozoon of the taxonomic family Sarcocystidae that causes toxoplasmosis Supplement Toxoplasma... Read More
Entamoeba coli
Definition noun A non-pathogenic species of the genus Entamoeba that reside in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and... Read More
Entamoeba histolytica
Definition noun A disease-causing anaerobic protozoan species capable of causing entamoebiasis and amebic dysentery to its... Read More
Microfilaria
Definition noun, plural: microfilariae The embryonic or early larval stage in the life cycle of certain parasitic nematodes... Read More
Balantidium coli
Definition noun A parasitic ciliate belonging to the family Balantiididae, and the causative agent of the balantidiasis... Read More
Leptomonad
Definition noun (protozoology) The common name for any of the member of the genus Leptomonas Supplement Leptomonads refer to... Read More