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chronic carrier

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chronic carrier [′krän·ik ′kar·ē·ər]
(medicine)
A person who harbors and transmits an infectious agent for an indefinite period.


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Because chronic carriers of HBV are often unaware that they have the virus, they may transmit the disease to others unknowingly.
Salmonella infections may be classified into five categories: gastroenteritis, enteric fever, bacteremia, localized infections, and chronic carrier state.
Asymptomatic chronic carrier state, gastroenteritis, enteric fever, bacteremia and localized extra-intestinal complications, such as endovascular infection, are the five different clinical forms that Salmonellosis may manifest (Benenson et al.
 
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