seropositivity
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From seropositive + -ity, or sero- + positivity.
Noun
[edit]seropositivity (countable and uncountable, plural seropositivities)
- The quality or state of being seropositive, of having blood serum that tests positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV.
- Antonym: seronegativity
- Coordinate term: seroconversion
- Pretest probability inversely correlates with the probability that the reported seropositivity is a false-positive.
- 1986, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Confronting AIDS: Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research,[1] National Academy Press, →ISBN, 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.
- (loosely, metonymically) Seropositivity prevalence rate: synonym of seroprevalence.
- At first, the prophylaxis budgeting efforts were triaged to the areas with the highest seropositivity.