Host

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013452",
  "term": "Host",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. In genetics, the organism, typically a bacterium, into which a gene from another organism is transplanted.\n\n2. In medicine, an animal infected or parasitized by another organism.\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.\n\n4. A person or other living organism that can be infected by an infectious agent under natural conditions.\n\n5. Person or other living organism that is susceptible to or harbors an infectious agent under natural conditions.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "EPA 2005b",
    "CDC 2005",
    "CDC Glossary: Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice at https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/SS1978.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/host/"
}