seroconversionn.
/ˌsɪərəʊkənˈvəːʃən/ Biology and Medicine.
A change from a seronegative to a seropositive state.
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1964 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 May 639 (heading) Poliovirus shedding and seroconversion.
1968 New Scientist 28 Nov. 500/2 Successive tests then showed that there were nine seroconversions... Illnesses that suggested viral infection preceded seroconversion in four of the children.
1977 Lancet 15 Oct. 811/1 Vaccination of children in the first 6 months of life was unsuccessful—only 1 seroconversion in 58.
Derivatives
seroconˈvert v. (intransitive) to acquire such sensitivity.
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1969 Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children 118 331/1 Antibody was slower to appear, titers were lower, one of the animals failed to seroconvert, and SN antibody was not detected.
1977 Lancet 18 June 1314/2 Of these [patients],..1 sero~converted to positive anti-HB8.
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