sero-

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sero-

pref.
Serum: serotherapy.

[From serum.]
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sero-

combining form
indicating a serum: serotherapy.
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sero-

a combining form representing serum: serology.
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We are still not convinced about the data on the baseline sero- type immunity for dengue in India.
Studies were conducted on sero- epidemiology of warble fly infestation in goats in district Ziarat, northern uplands of Balochistan, Pakistan.
All the tested animals were found sero- negative as they were not probably exposed to M.
From that farm 10 serum samples were tested, out of ten, two serum samples were sero- positive, which showed that sero-prevalence at affected farm along Wazirabad road was 20% (Table IV).
The highest (33.33 %) sero-prevalence of CCPP was observed in district Faisalabad and lowest sero- prevalence was recorded in district Lahore.
The modeling also showed substantial heterogeneity in the number of HIV infections that are attributed to injecting drug use and unprotected sex and found that during 2010-15 HIV prevalence could be reduced by 43% in Karachi.2 A case control study between 2009-2011 was conducted in Karachi to determine the role of knowledge in HIV transmission and HIV sero- conversion among PWID.
However, the difference in sero- prevalence was not statistically significant since the confidence interval of the difference includes zero (difference = 0.22; CI: (-1.80-2.26)).
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