Carrier State

"Carrier State" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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

Descriptor ID	D002353
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.160
Concept/Terms	Carrier State Carrier State Carrier States State, Carrier States, Carrier

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Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Carrier State [N06.850.160]

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Bar chart showing 17 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2007 and 2013 and 2020 and 2023

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	2	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	1	0	1
2013	2	0	2
2017	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	2	0	2
2021	0	1	1
2023	0	2	2
2025	0	1	1

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Furstenau TN, Whealy R, Timm S, Roberts A, Maltinsky S, Wells SJ, Drake K, Ross A, Bolduc C, Pearson T, Fofanov VY. High-throughput targeted amplicon screening tool for characterizing intrahost diversity in Staphylococcus aureus directly from sample. Microb Genom. 2025 Jun; 11(6).

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Russakoff B, Wood C, Lininger MR, Barger SD, Trotter RT, Maltinsky S, Mbegbu M, Coyne B, Panisello Yag?e D, Kyman S, Tucker-Morgan K, Ceniceros K, Padilla C, Hurtado K, Menard A, Villa F, Wayment HA, Hepp C, Furstenau T, Fofanov V, Liu CM, Pearson TR. A Quantitative Assessment of Staphylococcus aureus Community Carriage in Yuma, Arizona. J Infect Dis. 2023 04 26; 227(9):1031-1041.

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Barger SD, Lininger MR, Trotter RT, Mbegbu M, Kyman S, Tucker-Morgan K, Wood C, Coyne B, Russakoff B, Ceniceros K, Padilla C, Maltinsky S, Pearson T. Cross-sectional study of the association of social relationship resources with Staphylococcus aureus colonization in naturally occurring social groups along the US/Mexico border. PLoS One. 2023; 18(4):e0284400.

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Malik TM, Mohammed-Awel J, Gumel AB, Elbasha EH. Mathematical assessment of the impact of cohort vaccination on pneumococcal carriage and serotype replacement. J Biol Dyn. 2021 05; 15(sup1):S214-S247.

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Barger SD, Lininger MR, Trotter RT, Wayment HA, Mbegbu M, Kyman S, Pearson T. Educational Attainment and Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in a Hispanic Border Community: Testing Fundamental Cause Theory. mSphere. 2020 09 30; 5(5).

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Roe C, Stegger M, Lilje B, Johannesen TB, Ng KL, Sieber RN, Driebe E, Engelthaler DM, Andersen PS. Genomic analyses of Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 45 isolates does not distinguish nasal carriage from bacteraemia. Microb Genom. 2020 08; 6(8).

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Park SE, Toy T, Cruz Espinoza LM, Panzner U, Mogeni OD, Im J, Poudyal N, Pak GD, Seo H, Chon Y, Sch?tt-Gerowitt H, Mogasale V, Ramani E, Dey A, Park JY, Kim JH, Seo HJ, Jeon HJ, Haselbeck A, Conway Roy K, MacWright W, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E, Osei I, Owusu M, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Soura AB, Kabore LP, Teferi M, Okeke IN, Kehinde A, Popoola O, Jacobs J, Lunguya Metila O, Meyer CG, Crump JA, Elias S, Maclennan CA, Parry CM, Baker S, Mintz ED, Breiman RF, Clemens JD, Marks F. The Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa Program: Study Design and Methodology to Assess Disease Severity, Host Immunity, and Carriage Associated With Invasive Salmonellosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 10 30; 69(Suppl 6):S422-S434.

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Immergluck LC, Jain S, Ray SM, Mayberry R, Satola S, Parker TC, Yuan K, Mohammed A, Jerris RC. Risk of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections among Children Found to be Staphylococcus aureus MRSA USA300 Carriers. West J Emerg Med. 2017 Feb; 18(2):201-212.

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Price EP, Sarovich DS, Mayo M, Tuanyok A, Drees KP, Kaestli M, Beckstrom-Sternberg SM, Babic-Sternberg JS, Kidd TJ, Bell SC, Keim P, Pearson T, Currie BJ. Within-host evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei over a twelve-year chronic carriage infection. mBio. 2013 Jul 16; 4(4).

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Immergluck LC, Satola SW, Jain S, McCracken C, Watson JR, Chan T, Leong T, Gottlieb E, Jerris RC. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among pediatric health care workers from different outpatient settings. Am J Infect Control. 2013 Sep; 41(9):841-3.

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