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immune carrier

DEFINITIONS OF: immune carrier

1

n (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others

Synonyms:
carrier
Examples:
Typhoid Mary
United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)
Type of:
transmitter, vector
any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
immune
a person who is immune to a particular infection
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