Autoinfection is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Autoinfection in a sentence
Autoinfection meaning
The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host.
Using Autoinfection
- The main meaning on this page is: The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host.
- In the example corpus, autoinfection often appears in combinations such as: of autoinfection, autoinfection is.
Context around Autoinfection
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Autoinfection
- In this selection, "autoinfection" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, internal, external, strongyloides, makes and may stand out and add context to how "autoinfection" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include area external autoinfection and autoinfection is the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "autoinfection" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with autoinfection
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Autoinfection makes strongyloidiasis due to S. stercoralis an infection with several unusual features. (13 words)
Another consequence of autoinfection is the autoinfective larvae can carry gut bacteria back into the body. (16 words)
Autoinfection is the development of L1 into small infective larvae in the gut of the host. (16 words)
In the case of Strongyloides, autoinfection may explain the possibility of persistent infections for many years in persons not having been in an endemic area and of hyperinfections in immunodepressed individuals. (31 words)
Strongyloidiasis for example involves premature transformation of noninfective larvae in infective larvae, which can then penetrate the intestinal mucosa (internal autoinfection) or the skin of the perineal area (external autoinfection). (30 words)
To date, occurrence of autoinfection in humans with helminthic infections is recognized only in Strongyloides stercoralis and Capillaria philippinensis infections. (20 words)
Example sentences (6)
Strongyloidiasis for example involves premature transformation of noninfective larvae in infective larvae, which can then penetrate the intestinal mucosa (internal autoinfection) or the skin of the perineal area (external autoinfection).
Another consequence of autoinfection is the autoinfective larvae can carry gut bacteria back into the body.
Autoinfection is the development of L1 into small infective larvae in the gut of the host.
Autoinfection makes strongyloidiasis due to S. stercoralis an infection with several unusual features.
In the case of Strongyloides, autoinfection may explain the possibility of persistent infections for many years in persons not having been in an endemic area and of hyperinfections in immunodepressed individuals.
To date, occurrence of autoinfection in humans with helminthic infections is recognized only in Strongyloides stercoralis and Capillaria philippinensis infections.
Common combinations with autoinfection
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of autoinfection 2×
- autoinfection is 2×