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carrierIn medicine, anyone who harbours an infectious organism without ill effects but can pass the infection to others. The term is also applied to those who carry a recessive gene for a disease or defect without manifesting the condition. |
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Characterization of the carrier state in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection. manifested by lymphocytic meningitis, hepatitis, and nephritis, separately or in combination, and varying in severity from a mild carrier state to fatal disease. Hepatitis B surface antigen was positive but the HBV-DNA was negative, consistent with an inactive carrier state, for as far back as 7 years. |
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