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host (Multitude), noun a many, a mass of, an abundance of, army, array, assembly, body, cloud, cluster, company, congregation, crowd, crush, flood, galaxy, group, herd, horde, jam, large amount, litter, nest, no end of, numbers, pack, panoply, school, scores, slew, storm
host (Owner), noun barkeeper, bartender, hostess, hotel keeper, innkeeper, inviter, owner, owner of an estabbishment, proprietor, restaurant owner, saloon keeper, serving liquor, tavern keeper
Associated concepts: host liability statute
See also: body, collection, mass, plurality, quantity


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1) They can be divided into intestinal and tissue-dwelling roundworms, and further into those parasitic to humans only or zoonotic infections, where the adult worms parasitise animals and humans are accidental hosts (Toxocara canis, Angiostrongylus species, Gnathostoma species, and Trichinella spiralis).
Humans are accidental hosts and are infected by the ingestion of ova from fomites.
The distribution and severity of herpesvirus encephalitis often differ between natural and accidental hosts in terms of enhanced neurovirulence.
 
 
 
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