Animal Host

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001546",
  "term": "Animal Host",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Species of animal or organism that is attacked by a parasite or a parasitoid\n\n2. Any plant or animal on or in which another lives for nourishment, development, or protection.\n\n3. In genetics, the organism, typically a bacterium, into which a gene from another organism is transplanted. In medicine, an animal infected or parasitized by another organism. [EPA 2005b]\n\n4. A person or other living animal, including birds and arthropods, that affords subsistence or lodgment to an infectious agent under natural conditions. In an epidemiologic context, the host may be a population or a group. [Last 1988]\n\n5. A person or other living organism that can be infected by an infectious agent under natural conditions. [CDC 2005]\n\n6. Person or other living organism that can be infected by an infectious agent under natural conditions.",
  "references": [
    "EPA EV-Biological Substances-Animals-Animal Roles",
    "40 CFR 171.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "MRA Thesaurus",
    "CDC Epidemiology Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/animal-host/"
}