infective stage

collocation in English

meaningsofinfectiveandstage

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infective
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈfek.tɪv/us
/ɪnˈfek.tɪv/
relating to or caused by ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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To this end, many macroparasites have developed complex life cycles where the definitive host will eat a prey item that carries theinfectivestage.
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Merozoites invade red blood cells and form piroplasms, which are theinfectivestagefor the vector tick.
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Fleas in the act of feeding frequently eject excreta which may be loaded with the flagellates in theinfectivestage.
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Changes in foraging behaviour during theinfectivestageof entomopathogenic nematodes.
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This is an example of a parasite drawing the attention of the definitive host toward itsinfectivestagefor successful transmission.
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Further studies are warranted to understand the interaction between the haemocytes of bivalves and excretory+secretory products of trematodes, especially in the earlyinfectivestage.
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At itsinfectivestage(acanthor), the parasite passes through the gut wall of the crustacean host to occupy its haemocoel.
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When this life-cycle form is placed into seawater, it releases biflagellate zoospores, which are the maininfectivestageof this parasite.
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Theinfectivestageof monogeneans is a free-swimming oncomiracidium, and the prevalence (2/7; 28.6%) and intensity of infection (3 and 4, respectively), suggests this was not a chance occurrence.
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It is both supportive and also physically encloses the asexually produced protoscoleces which bud off from the living germinal layer and are theinfectivestagefor the definitive host.
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After the inside of an insect is consumed, tinyinfectivestagenematodes leave the dead insect shell and begin searching for more pests.
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However, other pathogens such as the malaria protozoan must first develop into aninfectivestagewithin the midgut before invading other tissues.
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Theinfectivestagefound in stool is the mature oocyst.
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The dauer stage is also considered to be equivalent to theinfectivestageof parasitic nematode larvae.
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Eggs are deposited from human feces to soil where, after two to three weeks, they become embryonated and enter theinfectivestage.
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These eggs require about a week to reach in theinfectivestage, and do not hatch until ingested by the host.
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