单词 | hyperinfection |
释义 | > as lemmashyperinfection hyperinfection n. Brit. /ˌhʌɪpərɪnˈfɛkʃn/ , U.S. /ˌhaɪpərᵻnˈfɛkʃən/ Medicine continued infection with parasitic worms owing to their larvæ developing into adult worms without leaving the body.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > parasitic disorders > [noun] > hyperinfection hyperinfection1931 1931 E. C. Faust in Amer. Jrnl. Hygiene 14 209 In addition to the direct and indirect types of Strongyloides..there is a distinct hyperinfective type..which is responsible for the so-called ‘auto-infection’ (i.e. ‘hyperinfection’) of individuals who have once become parasitized. 1943 C. F. Craig & E. C. Faust Clin. Parasitol. (ed. 3) xiv. 249 In cases of hyperinfection, all or some of the rhabditoid larvæ in the lumen of the bowel metamorphose into dwarfed filariform larvæ en transit down the bowel, and..may produce reinfection. 1960 J. M. Watson Med. Helminthol. xii. 116/2 The belief formerly held that the parasitic forms had a life-span of as much as fifteen years, based on the continuance of the infection in individuals removed from all possibility of external reinfection, did not take account of the possibility of auto~infection and hyper-infection. < as lemmas |
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