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SOROPOSITIVO [2 records]

Record 1 2010-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

Said of an animal giving a positive response to a serological test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
DEF

Se dit d'un animal réagissant positivement à une épreuve sérologique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina veterinaria
DEF

Dicho [...] de un animal: Cuya sangre, infectada por algún virus, como el del sida, contiene anticuerpos específicos.

OBS

Término proveniente del Código Zoosanitario Internacional, 2002.

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Record 2 2010-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

[That shows] positive results on serological examination ...

CONT

Type-specific antibody assays are commercially available and may be useful in some clinical situations [such as] identification of a seropositive pregnant woman with no history of herpes ...

OBS

... used to indicate presence of immunological evidence of a specific infection (e.g., Lyme disease, syphilis) or presence of a diagnostically useful antibody (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Qui donne une réaction positive à un ou plusieurs tests sérologiques.

OBS

Depuis le début de l'épidémie du sida, [le] terme [«séropositif»] s'applique dans le langage courant aux personnes porteuses du V.I.H. (virus de l'immunodéficience humaine).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
DEF

Que contiene anticuerpos específicos a algún antígeno.

OBS

Que muestra una serorreacción de resultado positivo.

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