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What is a host? Give two examples of ways humans serve as hosts for infectious diseases.

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a host is something that hosts a disease

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humans are vulnerable, so they can get a disease and spread it.

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A host in the context of infectious disease refers to an animal or plant that acts as a biological refuge in which another - often parasitic - organism may dwell. The host usually provides shelter or nourishment to the other organism, which may use the host to partially/completely sexually develop.

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