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- noun Plural form of
serotype .
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Examples
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines are designed to prevent disease due to the most important strains (called serotypes) circulating in an area, but they don't prevent all of them.
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines are designed to prevent disease due to the most important strains (called serotypes) circulating in an area, but they don't prevent all of them.
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Botulinum toxin occurs in seven different forms, known as serotypes A through G, although serotypes A and B are the culprits in about 90 percent of the foodborne botulism cases in the United States.
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But this species includes more than 2,300 different strains, technically known as serotypes or serovars.
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I have a capsule coating that means I can be grouped into 80 'serotypes'.
Streptococcus pneumoniae Emma Lurie 2006
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I have a capsule coating that means I can be grouped into 80 'serotypes'.
Archive 2006-12-01 Emma Lurie 2006
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"Although the incidence of pneumococcal disease has been significantly reduced in European countries and elsewhere where Prevenar is routinely used, pneumococcal disease remains a serious threat to children in Europe as strains such as serotypes 19A and 6A are increasing in prevalence and frequently resistant to antibiotics," says Emilio Emini,
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"Although the incidence of pneumococcal disease has been significantly reduced in European countries and elsewhere where Prevenar is routinely used, pneumococcal disease remains a serious threat to children in Europe as strains such as serotypes 19A and 6A are increasing in prevalence and frequently resistant to antibiotics," says Emilio Emini,
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We developed an anti-toxin against all seven 'serotypes' of botulinum toxin, "Dr Holley explained.
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I am not an expert but I have informed myself enough to know that there are 4 serotypes of the virus.
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