Genetic Screening Mutation Carrier Screening Request inclusion into relevant ontology (MESH) or suggest inclusion of description in NCIT. Few but definitions not freely available Alswaidi, F.M. and O'brien, S.J., 2009. Premarital screening programmes for haemoglobinopathies, HIV and hepatitis viruses: review and factors affecting their success. Journal of medical screening, 16(1), pp.22-28. Mutation Carrier Detection MESH:D006580 The process of identifying carriers/heterozygotes of a genetic mutation that can result in a severe recessive condition. Carrier screening is done using various laboratory techniques. SCDO (Clair Ingram) This term is very similar to but different (more specific) from the term "Genetic Carrier Screening" in MESH.