parasite
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And talk to your veterinarian about a parasite prevention plan to combat fleas and other pests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
As for Marmalade, she contracted a parasite disease and died in May.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
An unusually large flare-up of cyclosporiasis, a food-borne illness caused by the cyclospora parasite, has sickened more than 10,000 people, according to the CDC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
These include threats to animal health, including the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
My forehead had become host to an alien parasite: the biggest pimple I’d ever had in my entire life.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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The earliest he can replant is 2029, he said, to ensure parasites from the burned wood don’t affect his saplings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"One of my takeaway conclusions from the Science paper was that many Greenland sharks have parasites attached to their eyes -- which could impair their vision," she says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Handling wild game can pose food-safety risks: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that raw or undercooked wild game, including bear meat, can carry trichinella parasites, which cause trichinellosis.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
When a mosquito takes a blood meal, it also swallows any viruses or parasites living in its host’s blood.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Everywhere, in field and hedgerow and garden and forest, the insect predators and parasites are at work.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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