seropositive
adjective
se·ro·pos·i·tive
ˌsir-ō-ˈpä-zə-tiv 
-ˈpäz-tiv
: having or being a positive serum reaction especially in a test for the presence of an antibody
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Luckily, research has consistently indicated that blood donor recipients from seropositive donors are rarely infected with Chagas disease (f)(g)(h).
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Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2011
Human exposure to herpesvirus B-seropositive macaques, Bali, Indonesia.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2014
About a third became newly seropositive since December 2021, when omicron became predominant in the U.S.
—Byjennifer Henderson | Medpage Today, ABC News, 11 May 2022
Because the research team was only able to document cases in which people were symptomatic and were seropositive for the virus, Ranney agreed that results may be an underestimate.
—Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
But in the seropositive patients, there was no benefit from the antibody cocktail.
—Matthew Herper, STAT, 17 June 2021
The second dose brought a boost in antibodies for the seronegative group compared to the seropositive group.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 11 Mar. 2021
Posters of his handsome face went up around Paris, transforming him into a symbol of the intense suffering of seropositive men and women at the time.
—Dana Snitzky, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2011
Human exposure to herpesvirus B-seropositive macaques, Bali, Indonesia.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2014
About a third became newly seropositive since December 2021, when omicron became predominant in the U.S.
—Byjennifer Henderson | Medpage Today, ABC News, 11 May 2022
Because the research team was only able to document cases in which people were symptomatic and were seropositive for the virus, Ranney agreed that results may be an underestimate.
—Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
But in the seropositive patients, there was no benefit from the antibody cocktail.
—Matthew Herper, STAT, 17 June 2021
The second dose brought a boost in antibodies for the seronegative group compared to the seropositive group.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 11 Mar. 2021
Posters of his handsome face went up around Paris, transforming him into a symbol of the intense suffering of seropositive men and women at the time.
—Dana Snitzky, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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seropositive
adjective
se·ro·pos·i·tive
-ˈpäz-ət-iv, -ˈpäz-tiv
: having or being a positive serum reaction especially in a test for the presence of an antibody
a seropositive donor
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