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In the compilation of this book eight authors have written four important full contributions and two shorter updated reviews which bring earlier discussions up to date. Klaus Odening, who works in East Berlin, remarks in his Introduction that one problem of parasitology is that it has become regarded as a sub-area of ecology, although the term “host” and various synonyms such as “carrier” do not fit equally into these two subjects. Also, the term parasitology is usually restricted to certain organisms or to animals only, not including parasitism in microbiology and plant pathology |
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