parasite
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Agency for International Development program that monitored the screwworm parasite, whose reemergence threatens to cost the Texas economy billions in livestock losses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Unlike a virus, the parasite can’t spread directly from animal to animal, and it requires an open wound to infect an animal, Talbot said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
In the US, the parasite was considered eradicated in 1966 but there have been cases since, including an outbreak in the 1970s.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
However, the parasite has advanced northward in spite of these efforts.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
They’ve risked Mobutu and every imaginable parasite in the backwater places where children were left to die or endure when the Underdowns and their ilk fled the country.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing parasite
Life Science: Ecosystems
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Ecology - Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems - Introductory
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Ecology - Introductory
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