subclinical

(adjective)

Of a disease or injury, without signs and symptoms that are detectable by physical examination or laboratory test; not clinically manifest.

Related Terms

  • clinical latency
  • viral latency

Examples of subclinical in the following topics:

  • Exceptions to Koch's Postulates

    • Asymptomatic or subclinical infection carriers are now known to be a common feature of many infectious diseases, especially viruses such as polio, herpes simplex, HIV, and hepatitis C.
  • Disease Reservoirs and Epidemics

    • It is often the case that hosts do not get the disease carried by the pathogen or it is carried as a subclinical infection and so remains asymptomatic and non-lethal.
  • Disease Development

    • During clinical latency, an infection is subclinical.
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