Sentences with phrase «as an intermediate host for»

Malaria cases increase with deforestation, researchers have found, while new roads through the rain forest provide corridors for the migration of people, insects and animals that serve as intermediate hosts for pathogens, Wilson said.

A young goat herder prepares to drink dam water through a pipe filter, which keep out the water fleas that serve as an intermediate host for Guinea worm larvae.

In heartworms, a mosquito serves as the intermediate host for the larval stage of the worm, also known as the microfilariae.

Fleas act as an intermediate host for tapeworm, as adult fleas consume the tapeworm eggs.

The flea acts as the intermediate host for the tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum).

Sheep and sometimes humans can act as the intermediate hosts for Echinococcus, with the immature forms of Echinococcus developing inside various organs of these species.

Fleas are carriers of disease and also serve as an intermediate host for tapeworms.

According to Ron Hines, DVM PhD of 2nd Chance, if these irritants have consumed tapeworm eggs in the past, they act as intermediate hosts for transmitting parasitic worms into your dog.

Also, fleas serve as an intermediate host for tapeworms, which can infect both your pet and humans.

Not exact matches

American scientists have now genetically engineered a microbial host for organofluorine metabolism, allowing it to produce a fluoridated intermediate known as a diketide.

It is however likely that bats are the natural hosts for the virus, and that human infections are the result of contact with other animals such as camels acting as intermediate hosts.

The parasite uses mice as an intermediate host, while cats are required as a host for the parasite to complete sexual reproduction in its life cycle.

When T. gondii infects an intermediate host such as rodents or humans, it infiltrates the central nervous system and forms slow - growing cysts inside neurons where it can persist for the life of the host [4].

Kittens are at highest risk for health concerns related to roundworm infection, but adult cats can be infected by ingesting eggs from infected feces or intermediate hosts such as earthworms or rodents.

Insects can serve as transport or intermediate hosts for some of the more common intestinal parasites.

The intermediate host for Taenia species is small mammals such as rodents or rabbits.

In addition, the eggs may be eaten by another animal («intermediate host») such as a small rodent (for example a mouse or rat), and a cat can be infected by preying on (eating) the infected intermediate host.

Sometimes, as Fido persists in chewing and licking at his flea bites, he may accidentally ingest one or more fleas, which are the intermediate hosts for tapeworms.