plague carrier
Infected transmission agent
A plague carrier is a person, animal, or organism that transmits disease—originally the bubonic plague, but now any serious illness.
The term extends to anyone who spreads something harmful: He was a plague carrier of bad ideas.
Unlike a victim, a carrier may show no symptoms while infecting others, which adds menace to the term.
- ratRodent or informer
- rat kingRodents with knotted tails
- fleaBlood-drinking jumping pest
- flea bitePuncture from jumping pest
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
vermin · infected · patient zero · contagion · disease vector · epidemic · disease · typhoid · vector · outbreak · public health · swarm · filth · fever · boils · quarantine · spreader · contamination
plague carriervaccinator
One who administers immunizations
epidemiologist · disinfector · healer · sanitizer · sanitation worker
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