Helminths are eukaryotic, worm-like parasites belonging to phylum Platyhelminthes (i.e., flatworms, including flukes and tapeworms) and phylum Nematodes (i.e., round worms). (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/human-pathogens-toxins-act/human-pathogens-toxins-act-application-helminths.html)
Inflammation of the meninges (part of the covering of the brain). (TRG(33)/GICM, FAO, 2004; Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability; UNEP – WHO)
A current in which the dominant balance is between the inertial and the Coriolis terms in the equation of motion, causing streamlines to be curved to the right (left) in the Northern (Southern) Hemisphere. (http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Inertial_current)
Tropilaelapsosis is s a parasitic disease of honey bees, caused by mites of the genus Tropilaelaps, external parasites of the honeybee. Tropilaelapsosis affects honeybee larvae and pupae. (Adapted from FAO. 2020. Good beekeeping practices: Practical manual on how to identify and control the main diseases of the honeybee (Apis mellifera). TECA – Technologies and practices for small agricultural producers, 1. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca9182en)
A group of filamentous, unicellular heterokonts or stramenopiles physically resembling fungi; they are microscopic, absorptive organisms that reproduce both sexually and asexually and are composed of mycelia. (FAO, 2009. What You Need to Know about Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) e an Extension Brochure. Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, Rome. https://www.fao.org/4/i0777e/i0777e.pdf)
