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Seropositive vs Seroconvert - What's the difference?

seropositive | seroconvert |

As an adjective seropositive

is .

As a verb seroconvert is

to become seropositive: to be infected by a bloodborne pathogen.

seropositive

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of blood serum) Testing positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV (HIV positive).
  • * 2004 , Paul D. Griffiths, “Cytomegalovirus”, in Arie J. Zuckerman et al. (editors), Principles and Practice of Clinical Virology , Fifth Edition, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 9780470843383, page 108:
    • Other tests (marked ‘+ +’ in Table 2C.8) are more sensitive in that they produce higher antibody titres but they do not detect substantially more seropositive individuals in a population.
  • (of a person or animal) Having seropositive blood serum.

    • Antonyms

    * (of serum) seronegative * (of a person) seronegative

    Derived terms

    * seropositivity

    seroconvert

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become seropositive: to be infected by a bloodborne pathogen.

    • Related terms

    * seroconversion

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