KROK 1 2023 – Question 147 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
Some parasites in their life cycle may have a host that can accumulate the parasite at its invasive stage and facilitate its transmission to the final host. What type of host is it?
- A. Additional host
- B. Optional host
- C. Obligate host
- D. Reservoir host
- E. Definitive host
Hint
Think about a host in which the parasite does not develop further but is stored in its infective stage, serving as a source for the definitive host.
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