A contact carrier in cholera has the following characteristic -
<p> The duration of contact carrier state is usually less than 10 days. The gall bladder is not infected. It plays an impoant role in the spread of cholera. The stool culture is frequently positive for V. cholera O1. Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine,K.Park,23rd edition,page no:230. <\p>
Gall bladder is infected
Stools are not positive for cholera vibrio
Does not play any role in spread of infection
Duration of carrier state is less than 10 days
Communicable diseases