How to Use serotype in a Sentence

serotype

noun

• The vast majority of cVDPVs are caused by serotype 2, one of three variants of the virus.
  — Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 2 July 2018
• The fourth serotype wasn’t present in enough cases to get conclusive results.
  — Nina Kravinsky, Smithsonian, 8 Nov. 2019
• The same thing happens if a person has been infected with two or more serotypes.
  — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 2 Nov. 2017
• The rate of infections in participants dropped 97.7 percent for the dengue 2 serotype.
  — Nina Kravinsky, Smithsonian, 8 Nov. 2019
• Rhinovirus, for instance, has over 100 serotypes, Dr. Greninger explains.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 14 Nov. 2018
• Given as two drops into a child’s mouth, OPV for decades contained a mix of three weakened polio viruses, one for each of the three wild serotypes that have long plagued humanity.
  — Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 30 Dec. 2019
• But no approach has effectively combatted all four varieties—or serotypes—of the virus.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Jan. 2020
• Many of the cases carry the same strain of meningococcus bacteria, known as serotype C, and have been linked through social connections, according to the health department.
  — Soumya Karlamangla, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
• When taking into account all four serotypes, or strains, of the dengue virus, the Takeda vaccine demonstrated an overall 80.2% effectiveness rate.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 6 Nov. 2019
• The child’s stool sample yielded a rare strain of Salmonella, S. nima, a serotype associated with snakes and iguanas (9)(10).
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2014
• Dengue is a complex disease and experts have long worried that developing a vaccine that could safely protect against all four serotypes could be very difficult.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Nov. 2019
• In fact, there are about 2,500 different salmonella serotypes (which means that the bacteria are very similar to each other but vary slightly in their genetics).
  — Tara Smith, SELF, 28 June 2018
• The highly contagious illness is caused by rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus serotype two.
  — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 19 May 2020
• This year's outbreak is associated with the Salmonella Uganda serotype (species) of the bacteria.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 28 June 2019
• In the blood of a person who had been infected with dengue multiple times, researchers at Vanderbilt University found an antibody that could strongly bind to all four dengue serotypes and prevent them from infecting new cells.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Jan. 2020
• In dengue fever, for example, antibodies to an initial infection can actually help dengue viruses of another serotype enter cells, leading to a more severe and sometimes fatal second infection.
  — Jop De Vrieze, Science | AAAS, 18 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024