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- noun medicine The
presence orabsence of specific substances inblood serum
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Examples
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What I could do is make a choice to stand in the light unapologetically, to protect my brothers by always disclosing my serostatus, never making anyone who chose not to have sex with me as a result feel bad about it.
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In signing the bill, the governor also noted that preventing the spread of the infection made for a healthier California as well as the cost-effectiveness of providing coverage for testing compared to the cost of lifelong treatment for someone who contracts the virus from someone who does not know their serostatus.
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But four years later, unable to live in silence any longer, Phiri became one of the first Malawians to publicly announce her serostatus and turned her life into a crusade against the killer disease AIDS.
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"Future studies must explore the generalizability of the findings to couples irrespective of serostatus and in settings where individuals and couples are not aware of their risks for HIV transmission, but whose relationships can be supported as they learn to minimize risks for themselves and each other," the authors conclude.
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Knowledge of serostatus via antibody testing is the entry point for most HIV prevention and care interventions.
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Knowledge of serostatus via antibody testing is the entry point for most HIV prevention and care interventions.
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Knowledge of serostatus via antibody testing is the entry point for most HIV prevention and care interventions.
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Since both partners may make the identical mistake of assuming that a lack of disclosure means the other person has the same serostatus, fairness has to be questioned if only the diagnosed HIV-positive partner is criminally liable.
Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk Edwin J Bernard 2010
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Knowledge of serostatus via antibody testing is the entry point for most HIV prevention and care interventions.
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Knowledge of serostatus via antibody testing is the entry point for most HIV prevention and care interventions.
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