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Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E

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Chapter8: Basic Parasitology

Section8.1: Introduction To Parasitology

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Parasitic infections

A parasite is an organism that lives in the body of another organism and obtains food at the expense of the host. There are two kinds of parasites they are internal and external. An internal parasite lives inside another organism and is known as endoparasite. An external parasite lives on the body surface of the host and is known as an ectoparasite.

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If the final or definitive host of a parasitic flatworm were eradicated, what would be the likely consequence?

Definition Definition A phylum of organisms also known as "flatworms". They are dorsoventrally flattened from head to tail. They are invertebrate, soft-bodied, acoelomate, unsegmented and have bilateral symmetry.

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