Alternate Host Definition

noun
One of two species of host on which some pathogens, such as certain rust fungi, must develop to complete their life cycles.
American Heritage
A species of host other than the principal host on which a parasite can survive.
American Heritage

Alternate Host Sentence Examples

  • In the case of oxen the alternate host of the parasite is a special tick (Smith and Kilborne).

  • Nevertheless, the fact, commented upon by several observers, that even here an infected fly is only infectious for a comparatively short period suggests that this species of fly, at any rate, is not the true alternate host in which the life-cycle of that particular Trypanosome is completed.

  • Probably this is not a haemal parasite, and lacks an alternate host.

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