Carrier

In epidemiology, a human vector a host who can transmit a disease but who does not necessarily have the symptoms of the disease.

A commercial health insurer, a government agency, or a Blue Cross or Blue Shield plan which underwrites or administers programs that pay for health services. Under the Medicare Fart B (Supplemental Medical Insurance) Program and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, carriers are agencies and organizations with which the program contracts for administration of various functions, including payment of claims.

A person who carries bacteria of a disease in his or her body and who can transmit the disease to others without showing any signs of being infected with it.

An insect which carries disease and infects humans.

A healthy person who carries a chromosome variation that gives rise to a hereditary disease such as haemophilia or Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

A substance, usually a protein, which binds to a substrate and transports it from its point of origin to its point of use.

Someone who carries a disease or disorder, such as a malfunctioning recessive gene, and is unaffected by it but may pass it on to others; often a woman who passes on an X-linked genetic disorder to her sons.

Person, generally in apparent good health, who harbors organisms that can infect and cause disease in others {compare vector). Probably the most notorious carrier was Typhoid Mary.

An otherwise healthy person who harbors disease-causing organisms that may be transmitted to others.

A person in whom the specific organisms of a disease reside, but who does not show any apparent symptoms of the disease. A carrier is capable of transmitting the infection to another person. In genetics, a carrier is a person who has a recessive gene and therefore though they may not have symptoms of a disease, they can still transmit the trait to offspring.

A person who harbors the microorganisms causing a particular disease without experiencing signs or symptoms of infection and who can transmit the disease to others.

A person who harbors a specific pathogenic organism, has no discernible symptoms or signs of the disease, and is potentially capable of spreading the organism to others.

This phrase denotes a substance utilized as a diluent and carrier for the active component, such as a fungicide, often present in a fine powder form.

An individual who carries a gene for an abnormal trait but does not exhibit any symptoms of the disorder is known as a carrier. Being a carrier means that the person has the potential to transmit the abnormal gene to their offspring.

A carrier refers to an individual who can transmit an infectious or inherited disease to others without personally experiencing the symptoms or effects of the disease.