parasite
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To begin the experiment, researchers placed marks on the fish that resembled parasites.
From Science Daily
The main concern centers on how veterinary parasite treatments might affect species that are not the intended targets.
From Science Daily
Wastewater typically also contains viruses, chemicals, parasites and pharmaceuticals, among other contaminants.
“Vitamin C, zinc, key lime. I do my bees and my glutathione, and then I do my black walnuts because that’s a part of helping kill the parasites in the body.”
From Los Angeles Times
A parasite that may already be living in your brain has the ability to infect the very immune cells designed to eliminate it.
From Science Daily
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