Parasitology Vocabulary Quiz

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The number of worms an individual host carries which, depending on the worm, can be measured either directly, or indirectly.

A parasitic attack or subsistence on the skin and/or its appendages, as by insects, mites, or ticks.

A parasite that may be parasitic upon another organism but can exist independently.

A parasite is entirely dependent upon a host for its survival.

Flukes

Worm-like parasites. The clinically relevant groups are separated according to their general external shape and the host organ they inhabit

Most infections occur when a person is a _______ and the organism in which a parasite passes its adult and sexual existence.

Roundworms that are classified by their external shape and type of host organ they invade.