How to Use titer in a Sentence

titer

noun
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  • The findings suggest deaths were 35% lower in the high-titer group.
    — Author: Jonathan Lamire and Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2020
  • In law, a rabies titer is not recognized as a valid index of protection.
    — Dr. Marty Becker and Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 11 Aug. 2017
  • The Blood Center will also ensure that the plasma has high titers of antibodies against the coronavirus.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2020
  • They were then compared to similar patients who were given lower-titer plasma.
    — Author: Jonathan Lamire and Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2020
  • In the next few months, scientists will get a better sense of how to use antibody titer data, and many are already looking at additional boosters for the vaccine.
    — Chronicle Advice Team, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The American Red Cross is working on strategies for identifying and recruiting high-titer donors.
    — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Creating a higher titer, or antibody level, is like flooding a battlefield with soldiers in the face of a fierce enemy.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The emergency-use authorization covers both high- and low-titer plasma.
    — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2020
  • When tested, their titers – a measurement of antibodies – are lower, leaving them five times more likely than women to have an oral infection.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2017
  • Because physicians and patients had no prior knowledge of antibody concentrations at the time of treatment, this was effectively a randomized, blinded study with low-titer plasma serving as controls.
    — Michael S. Kinch, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2020
  • By combining the recombinant vaccine with an adjuvant, or substance that increases immune stimulation, Novavax was able to achieve a high neutralization titer in preclinical tests — a measure of the protective antibodies that can block the virus.
    — Katie Thomas, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020

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