Sentences with phrase «serve as intermediate hosts»

Heartworm - Heartworm infection, caused by the organism Dirofilaria immitis, is spread by mosquitoes (at least 70 species of mosquitoes serve as intermediate hosts carrying these organisms).

Heartworm infection, caused by the organism Dirofilaria immitis, is spread by mosquitoes (at least 70 species of mosquitoes serve as intermediate hosts carrying these organisms).

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

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

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