What is an example of an intermediate host

An intermediate host often acts as a vector of a parasite to reach its definitive host (where it will become mature). Thus, the intermediate host serves only as a site wherein the parasite spends a particular developmental stage of its life cycle (i.e. larval stage). Example: tapeworm using a pig as intermediate hosts.

What are the two intermediate hosts?

The two intermediate hosts on which the human liver fluke depends on to complete its life cycle so as to facilitate parasitization of its primary host are terrestrial snail and ant. Was this answer helpful?

What is the intermediate host in biology?

intermediate host. noun. : a host which is normally used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle and in which it may multiply asexually but not sexually compare definitive host.

Is a human an intermediate host?

Humans become an accidental intermediate host after ingesting T. solium eggs shed by a tapeworm carrier. The ova are sticky and are often found on the hands of tapeworm carriers, and transmission usually involves close personal contact.

Which is example of definitive host?

A big example of definitive hosts are humans, who can harbor viruses, bacteria, and worm-like parasites like the pinworm, whipworm, and some tapeworms. Plasmodium, the malaria parasite, requires both humans and the mosquito, but its definitive host is the mosquito.