(of an individual) to produce antibodies specific to, and in response to the presence in the blood of, a particular antigen, such as a virus or vaccine
Derived forms
seroconversion (ˌseroconˈversion)
noun
Examples of 'seroconvert' in a sentence
seroconvert
Despite triple vaccination 36.7% of the kittens did not seroconvert.
Jakel Verena, Cussler Klaus, Hanschmann Kay M, Truyen Uwe, König Matthias, KamphuisElisabeth, Duchow Karin 2012, 'Vaccination against Feline Panleukopenia: implications from a field study in kittens',BMC Veterinary Researchhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/8/62. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Travelers who were treated for malaria abroad did not seroconvert.
Sanne-Meike Belderok, Anneke van den Hoek, Will Roeffen, Robert Sauerwein, GerardJ B Sonder 2013, 'Adherence to chemoprophylaxis and Plasmodium falciparum anti-circumsporozoite seroconversionin a prospective cohort study of Dutch short-term travelers.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3581530?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The neutralizing antibody began to seroconvert at 8dpi.
Jinfeng eTi, Min eZhang, Zhijie eLi, Xiuli eLI, Youxiang eDiao 2016, 'Duck Tembusu virus exhibits pathogenicity to Kunming mice by intracerebral inoculation',Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00190/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)