seronegative
adjective
se·ro·neg·a·tive
ˌsir-ō-ˈne-gə-tiv 
: having or being a negative serum reaction especially in a test for the presence of an antibody
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Some people with this disease have what is known as seronegative RA, where blood tests don't reveal antibodies or RF.
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 June 2024
In those comparisons, the bivalent booster increases neutralizing antibody levels compared to the current booster by about 22 percent in all participants and by about 24 percent in the seronegative participants.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 June 2022
For seronegative patients, median time to symptom alleviation was 13 days for the placebo group, 8 days for the high-dose group, and 6 days for the low-dose group.
—NBC News, 29 Sep. 2020
Some of these medical conditions include issues like seronegative spondyloarthropathy or ankylosing spondylitis.
—Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 4 May 2023
Before the fourth booster, all the seronegative participants had geometric mean titers (GMT) of omicron neutralizing antibodies at around 300.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 June 2022
For example, as described by a publication in EClinical Medicine 5% of 698 people in Israel remained seronegative despite having tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
There was other evidence the antibody cocktail helped these seronegative patients.
—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
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 June 2024
In those comparisons, the bivalent booster increases neutralizing antibody levels compared to the current booster by about 22 percent in all participants and by about 24 percent in the seronegative participants.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 June 2022
For seronegative patients, median time to symptom alleviation was 13 days for the placebo group, 8 days for the high-dose group, and 6 days for the low-dose group.
—NBC News, 29 Sep. 2020
Some of these medical conditions include issues like seronegative spondyloarthropathy or ankylosing spondylitis.
—Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 4 May 2023
Before the fourth booster, all the seronegative participants had geometric mean titers (GMT) of omicron neutralizing antibodies at around 300.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 June 2022
For example, as described by a publication in EClinical Medicine 5% of 698 people in Israel remained seronegative despite having tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
There was other evidence the antibody cocktail helped these seronegative patients.
—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
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seronegative
adjective
se·ro·neg·a·tive
-ˈneg-ə-tiv
: having or being a negative serum reaction especially in a test for the presence of an antibody
early seronegative syphilis
a seronegative patient
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