typhoid carrier

ty·phoid car·ri·er

(tīfoyd karē-ĕr) One who can transmit typhoid fever virus to others without being clinically ill.

typhoid carrier

A person who has recovered from TYPHOID FEVER but who continues to culture Salmonella typhi organisms in the gall bladder and to excrete them in the stools. If such a person handles food, the disease is liable to be transmitted to others. Typhoid carriers can be rendered innocuous by having the gall bladder removed.

ty·phoid car·rier

(tīfoyd karē-ĕr) A person carrying the pathogen for typhoid fever but not displaying any signs or symptoms; someone having the potential to spread the disease via bodily excretions.
See also: carrier