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
They’ve traveled by ground and plane, across seven different eastern U.S. states, for one purpose: to be tested for parasites, including cyclospora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Jumping genes are genetic parasites found in bacteria, plants, animals, and humans.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
A lab tests the mosquitoes for parasites and viruses.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Gradually they also started to weed the fields, to guard them against parasites, and to water and fertilise them.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
