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Preferred term

host-parasite interaction

Definition

  • [MESH] The relationship between an invertebrate and another organism (the host), one of which lives at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically.

Broader concept

Scope note

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URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21108

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