NALT

Preferred term

carrier state

Topic

The condition of harboring an infective organism without manifesting symptoms of infection. The organism must be readily transmissible to another susceptible host.

pathological processes and conditions

carrier status
disease carriers
latent infections

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

7073

Spanish

estado portador

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/320

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 6/27/17