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Carrier Definitions:
An infected individual who is a potential source of infection for others and plays an important role in the epidemiology of a disease.
Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton
A person who harbors infections and inconspicuously spreads them to others.
Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro
Carrier Notes:
Carriers or hereditary carriers are people or organisms, which have inherited an allele (recessive) for a mutation or genetic trait but does not usually show any symptoms or display the traits of that allele.
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