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09/22/2010

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Anthroponoses
Definition
human diseases that can be transmitted to animal
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Epizootic
Definition
Disease that affects a large number of non-human animals and spreads rapidly
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Epizoic
Definition
living on the surface; a skin parasite
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Euryxenous
Definition
broad host range
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Heteroxenous
Definition
alteration of generations of a parasite
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Incidence
Definition
number of cases of infection occuring during a given period of time in relation to the population unit in which they occur
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Infection
Definition
parasitic invasion resulting in injury and reaction to injury
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Latent
Definition
non-visible infection
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Monoxenous
Definition
single host life cycle
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Parasitemia
Definition
parasites in the blood
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Pathogenic
Definition
results in disease or morbid symptoms
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Premunition
Definition
resistance to super-infection; depends on survival of parasites in host and disappears with their elimination
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Prevalance
Definition
number of organisms in a population infected with a parasite at any one time
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Virulence
Definition
relative infectiousness of a parasite
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