reservoir host
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reservoir
noun[C]
uk/ˈrez.ə.vwɑːr/us/ˈrez.ɚ.vwɑːr/
a place for storing liquid, especially a natural or artificial lake providing water for a city or ...
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host
noun
uk/həʊst/us/hoʊst/
someone who ...
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In addition, these models have practical applications beyond linking a disease process in areservoirhostto spillover.
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In each case, there was a singlereservoirhostspecies, linked to particular habitats.
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It is hypothesized that tanapox virus may be transferred from monkeys or anotherreservoirhostto humans by infected arthropods that act as mechanical vectors.
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Even though these bacteria were isolated, it is only hypothesized that they may serve as areservoirhost.
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However, neither thereservoirhostnor the mode of transmission from wild animal to human is known.
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A singlereservoirhostmay be reinfected several times.
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Areservoirhostcan harbour a pathogen indefinitely with no ill effects.
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This indicates that infected humans rather than reservoir hosts play a major role in the epidemiology of the disease.
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It may be that they function as intermediary reservoir hosts, the virus being transmitted to mammals by ticks or other arthropods.
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Those studies established a link between habitats favourable to reservoir hosts, habitat resource quality for a particular species, and transmission.
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The human and animal reservoir hosts acquire the infection from the ingestion of raw, inadequately cooked freshwater fish.
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Consequently, these cervids have been considered as important reservoir hosts.
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However, reservoir hosts such as monkeys are known to catch and eat both adults and naiads.
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As a result, ticks are not only vectors but also excellent reservoir hosts for the viruses they carry.
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The occurrence of reservoir hosts has obvious implications for the epidemiology of human infections, and for the success of control programmes.
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These results are discussed in relation to the importance of wild rodents as reservoir hosts and sources of infection for local human communities.
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Neither habitat is closely associated with human habitation although the latter may provide a suitable environment for rodent reservoir hosts (see below).
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