Immune Carrier (Noun)
Meaning
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- An immune carrier may show no symptoms but still be contagious to those without immunity to the disease.
- She contracted a mild case of the flu years ago and is now an immune carrier capable of transmitting it to others.
- The fact that John is an immune carrier of this particular virus means he no longer poses a risk to himself but might pose one to his family members.
- Health professionals take special precautions when dealing with an immune carrier to prevent the spread of infection to vulnerable populations.
- Researchers found that some people who contracted the virus initially were later identified as immune carriers due to their continuous shedding of viral particles, even after visible symptoms had disappeared.