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Hiv vs Seropositivity - What's the difference?

hiv | seropositivity |

As nouns the difference between hiv and seropositivity

is that hiv is hiv while seropositivity is the quality or state of being seropositive, of having blood serum that tests positive for a given pathogen, especially hiv.

hiv

English

Noun

(-)
  • (virology)

    • Synonyms

    * HIV virus (pleonastic) * house in Virginia (euphemistic)

    See also

    * FIV * SIV ----

    seropositivity

    English

    Noun

  • The quality or state of being seropositive, of having blood serum that tests positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV.
  • * 1986 , Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Confronting AIDS: Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research , National Academy Press, ISBN 978-0-309-03699-3, page 127:
    • As discussed above, because of the severe consequences of HIV infection, a few states have required that ARC and even seropositivity be reported.
  • Seropositivity rate, seroprevalence.