resembling a parasite that lives off another parasite
Examples of 'hyperparasitic' in a sentence
hyperparasitic
Indeed, co-infections can occur at levels greater than expected by chance and are sometimes hyperparasitic.
Yasmin Guler, Stephen Short, Amaia Green Etxabe, Peter Kille, Alex T. Ford 2018, 'Population screening and transmission experiments indicate paramyxid-microsporidianco-infection in Echinogammarus marinus represents a non-hyperparasitic relationshipbetween specific parasite strains', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-22276-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This co-infection may be hyperparasitic and result from an exploitative ‘hitchhiking' or a symbiotic relationship between the parasites.
Yasmin Guler, Stephen Short, Amaia Green Etxabe, Peter Kille, Alex T. Ford 2018, 'Population screening and transmission experiments indicate paramyxid-microsporidianco-infection in Echinogammarus marinus represents a non-hyperparasitic relationshipbetween specific parasite strains', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-22276-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)