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That depends on the parasite. Tciks for example stay on the outside of the host for a certain amount of time and, depending on the species, drop off after the blood meal. There are intestinal parasites, parasites of the liver, living in the bile ducts (fasciola hepatica), lungworms, worms in the lymph system....

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