Sentence examples for intermediate hosts for from inspiring English sources
Earthworms have been known to be passive carriers or intermediate hosts for these pathogens.
Freshwater crustaceans can serve as intermediate hosts for the lung fluke, Paragonimus (a flatworm, phylum Platyhelminthes).
Many cyprinids serve as intermediate hosts for the cat liver fluke (Opisthorchis felineus).
A few harmful species can inflict painful injuries; some others serve as intermediate hosts for parasites of humans.
Other health problems are caused by several snails and slugs (e.g., Bradybaena, Angustipes, Veronicella) that serve as intermediate hosts for the rat lungworm.
Serious medical problems are caused by the few freshwater snails (Pomatiopsis, Bulinus, Biomphalaria) that serve as intermediate hosts for flatworms that parasitize humans.
However, the amphipod commonly serves as second intermediate host for detrimental microphallid trematodes.
Biomphalaria glabrata is a major intermediate host for the parasitic trematode Schistosoma mansoni, a causative agent of human schistosomiasis.
small mammal intermediate host for the parasitic tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis which is responsible for a significant burden of human zoonoses in western China.
