parasites
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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
A lab tests the mosquitoes for parasites and viruses.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Nervous consumers are also avoiding berries and herbs, which have indentations that can trap microscopic parasites, though they haven’t been implicated in the recent outbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Although they travel through different levels of the ocean, they often rise to the surface to rest, regulate their body temperature, or have parasites removed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Wherever the trains stopped, the migrants went, gaunt and dirty, plagued by parasites they had picked up along the way, to front doors to beg.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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