Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Indicating a positive reaction to a serological blood test, especially one testing for the presence of antibodies.
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- adjective : Testing
positive for a givenpathogen , especiallyHIV (HIV positive ). - adjective of a person or animal : Having seropositive blood serum.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I told the doctor, We don’t have a word for seropositive in Somali.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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I told the doctor, We don’t have a word for seropositive in Somali.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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I told the doctor, We don’t have a word for seropositive in Somali.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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- Data from a pooled cohort of two MabThera Phase III studies showed that patients who tested positive for either RF or anti-CCP (known as seropositive), were two to three times more likely to achieve a 70% improvement in their symptoms (ACR70) 1 when treated with MabThera than those who did not have these autoantibodies (20.9% seropositive patients achieved ACR70 vs. 6.9% seronegative patients). feedback@foxbusiness.com.
FOXNews.com 2010
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Therefore, in a truly negative population using this test 55 herds would be classified as seropositive out of 146 sampled herds.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Francesca Scolamacchia et al. 2010
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Herd-level sensitivity (HSe), which is the probability that a seropositive herd is correctly classified as seropositive, is a function of the sample size, diagnostic test sensitivity, sample interpretation and importantly, within herd animal-level prevalence.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Francesca Scolamacchia et al. 2010
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Interesting, since an earlier study this year in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases estimated that 11.8% of MSM were seropositive and the CDC estimated in 2006 that 79% of those who were poz knew it.
Alex Blaze: Media Outlets Fumble With CDC Data on MSM HIV Rates Alex Blaze 2010
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From January 1984 to July 2009, there were 4,021 HIV Ab seropositive cases reported, of which 3,204 (80%) were asymptomatic and 817 (20%) were AIDS cases.
Global Voices in English » Philippines: Living with HIV 2009
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Interesting, since an earlier study this year in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases estimated that 11.8% of MSM were seropositive and the CDC estimated in 2006 that 79% of those who were poz knew it.
Alex Blaze: Media Outlets Fumble With CDC Data on MSM HIV Rates Alex Blaze 2010
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Benlysta is used in seropositive patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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