Sentence examples for infectious parasites from inspiring English sources

Among the infectious parasites are the protozoans, unicellular organisms that have no cell wall, that cause such diseases as malaria.

"It was very humbling," says Poukchanski, who plans to study infectious parasites for her Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology.

Behaviours that reduce an animal's exposure to infectious parasites, from hiring cleaner fish to hiding dead corpses, probably evolved to combat the deadly pressure of disease, just as animals evolved camouflage to escape being gobbled up by toothy predators.

This one is the most common infectious parasites in America, causing Trichomoniasis, or Trich.

Are there any examples of cancer cells that act as infectious parasites?

This is exactly the same mechanism by which infectious parasites (such as malaria) obtain nutrients and are propagated by inducing oxidative stress and autophagy in host cells [ 107- 109].

And that's not all: the infectious parasite carried by cats could also affect intelligence and has been linked to schizophrenia, and some studies suggest it can even raise your chances of being knocked down by a car.

Moreover, the continuing massive influx of refugee and migrant populations from endemic areas could contribute to building up of an infectious parasite reservoir.

A particularly well studied host-parasite system is the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) and its infectious parasite, Gyrodactylus turnbulli.

Here we show that the potential benefits of an increased shoaling tendency are traded off against increased risks of contracting an infectious parasite in a group-living species.

Selection lines with a higher reproductive load (indicating higher within-host replication during the first week) had a shorter latency time and larger infectious parasite loads.