Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 8SA
Name a disease for which humans are an intermediate host and another for which humans are a definitive host. Give an example of a disease in which humans are a dead-end host.
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