seroconversion
noun
se·ro·con·ver·sion
ˌsir-ō-kən-ˈvər-zhən 
-shən
: the production of antibodies in response to an antigen
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The vaccine’s trial data has been promising so far, showing that most participants had a four-fold increase in antibodies after getting the first round of the vaccine (seroconversion).
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Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 24 Jan. 2024
Here in the Gulf, seroconversion rates are still alarmingly high; seeking care is still stigmatized.
—Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
Putrino also noted that antibody tests have not performed as well as expected and that some patients did not experience seroconversion with COVID-19.
—Bymichael Depeau-Wilson | Medpage Today, ABC News, 20 July 2022
The team was looking for seroconversion, or the appearance of antibodies in the blood as evidence of infection.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2022
The seroconversion rate detects whether the vaccine produces COVID-19 antibodies—meaning the vaccine triggered antibodies in 97% of trial volunteers who received it—but doesn't necessarily prove that the vaccine protects against COVID-19.
—Fortune, 8 Dec. 2020
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Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 24 Jan. 2024
Here in the Gulf, seroconversion rates are still alarmingly high; seeking care is still stigmatized.
—Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
Putrino also noted that antibody tests have not performed as well as expected and that some patients did not experience seroconversion with COVID-19.
—Bymichael Depeau-Wilson | Medpage Today, ABC News, 20 July 2022
The team was looking for seroconversion, or the appearance of antibodies in the blood as evidence of infection.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2022
The seroconversion rate detects whether the vaccine produces COVID-19 antibodies—meaning the vaccine triggered antibodies in 97% of trial volunteers who received it—but doesn't necessarily prove that the vaccine protects against COVID-19.
—Fortune, 8 Dec. 2020
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seroconversion
noun
se·ro·con·ver·sion
ˌsir-ō-kən-ˈvər-zhən
ˌser-ō-
ˌser-ō-
: the production of antibodies in response to an antigen
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