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- noun The rate of
seropositivity in a population; the proportion of a population whoseblood serum testspositive for a givenpathogen , especiallyHIV .
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There has also been an increase in seroprevalence rates in heterosexuals, particularly in females who are sex workers and/or sexual partners of HIV-infected males.
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There has also been an increase in seroprevalence rates in heterosexuals, particularly in females who are sex workers and/or sexual partners of HIV-infected males.
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Conclusions: We find a protective effect of circumcision in only one of the eight countries for which there are nationally-representative HIV seroprevalence data.
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HIV or AIDS in Congo, a seroprevalence rate of 4.2 percent.
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Most of those infected live in large cities where the seroprevalence rate has remained stable for several years.
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However, the seroprevalence rates in smaller and medium cities has begun to increase.
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Increasing access to HIV tests in high-risk populations (during 1997 a total of 12,095 HIV tests were carried out in general population with risk practices, 22 percent more than in 1996, resulting in a seroprevalence of 7.65 percent and 2,413 HIV detection tests among sex workers with a seroprevalence of 0.24 percent).
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For example, there is an increasing trend in HIV seroprevalence in tuberculosis patients.
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A seroprevalence rate of under five percent is seen in the total population.
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However, in recent years some countries in the region -- Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Peru -- appear to have rapidly increasing seroprevalence rates.
vendingmachine commented on the word seroprevalence
n. The rate of seropositivity in a population; the proportion of a population whose blood serum tests positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV.
"SFTSV seroprevalence in the human population is unknown, and the natural reservoir hosts of SFTSV have not been determined."-@_SFTS_Virus
July 26, 2015