The host of parasites--the ecological approach.
As in some studies the opinion that "the host is a biotope for the parasite, mediating its interactions with the environment" is a frequent occurrence, this paper is an attempt to point out the origin of this error and to present the theoretical basis for the accurate approach to these notions, namely parasite and host.
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D000818:Animals; D004463:Ecology; D017753:Ecosystem; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010271:Parasites / Q000502:physiology*