asymptomatic carrier in a sentence
Examples
- The paper attributed confusion over pathogenicity to the existence of asymptomatic carriers, a phenomenon the study noted is common to all gastrointestinal protozoa.
- It is not clear whether the rats are affected by " P . marneffei " or are merely asymptomatic carriers of the disease.
- However, Koch abandoned the universalist requirement of the first postulate altogether when he discovered asymptomatic carriers of cholera and, later, of typhoid fever.
- Scientists calculate that between 1 % and 6 % of individuals infected with " Salmonella " " typhi " become chronic, asymptomatic carriers like Mary.
- Those infected may become asymptomatic carriers, but it is relatively uncommon, with shedding observed in only 0.2 to 0.6 % of cases after a year.
- Meningitis occurs sporadically throughout the year, and since the organism has no known reservoir outside of man, asymptomatic carriers are usually the source of transmission.
- So far they are unsuccessful, as the experimental serums they are testing on patients ( who are actually asymptomatic carriers of the virus ) shows no effect.
- Although 72 % of the population are Duffy antigen negative, 8.8 % of the Duffy antigen negative individuals were asymptomatic carriers of " P . vivax ".
- In August 2013, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine announced they were making breakthroughs in understanding the exact science behind asymptomatic carriers such as Mallon.
- This species is a major cause of family and institutional outbreaks because of its persistent nature in indoor environments, and its ability to be transmitted through asymptomatic carriers.