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Chronic Carrier Definition:
An individual who harbors a pathogen for a long time.
Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton
Chronic Carrier Notes:
A chronic or asymptotic carrier is a term used for a person or any organism that has become infected with a pathogen, but without displaying symptoms or signs of the infection. Although the carrier itself shows no signs of infection, but can transmit it to others or even develop symptoms in later stages of the disease.
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