This ability states: "Transmit a parasite to an enemy within 30m. Tentacles spawn from it and cling to enemies in 5m slowing them as they move further away from the parasite, and dealing 20 viral damage per second over 5 seconds."
But, in practice only the host takes the slow and the damage as the parasite will not latch on to others. Also, if the enemy dies when infected by the parasite the parasite will change colour and persist in world for a longer duration but still will not cling to others. I just hope this can be fixed so the parasite will latch onto others, though the dama