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Abstract
The relationship between an invertebrate and another organism (the host), one of which lives at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically.
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24 entry terms
- Host-Parasite Relations
- Host-Parasite Relationship
- Parasite-Host Interactions
- Parasite-Host Relations
- Host Parasite Interactions
- Host Parasite Relations
- Host Parasite Relationship
- Host-Parasite Interaction
- Host-Parasite Relation
- Host-Parasite Relationships
- Interaction, Host-Parasite
- Interaction, Parasite-Host
- Interactions, Host-Parasite
- Interactions, Parasite-Host
- Parasite Host Interactions
- Parasite Host Relations
- Parasite-Host Interaction
- Parasite-Host Relation
- Relation, Host-Parasite
- Relation, Parasite-Host
- Relations, Host-Parasite
- Relations, Parasite-Host
- Relationship, Host-Parasite
- Relationships, Host-Parasite
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5 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate with host /parasitol + parasite /physiol or other more specific qualifier; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS is also available
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History Note
2008 (1980)
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- specific host, organ, disease/parasitology (1975-1979)
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QX 45
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Host-Parasite Interactions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006790. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006790
- Host-Parasite Interactions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65517745