Terms Related to Seroepidemiologic Study

• Epidemiologic Study Characteristic

  Types and formulations of studies used in epidemiological and clinical research.

• HIV Seroprevalence

  Studies of the number of cases where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is present in a specific population at a designated time. The presence in a ...

• Epidemiologic Study

  Studies designed to examine associations, commonly, hypothesized causal relations. They are usually concerned with identifying or measuring the effects of risk factors or exposures. The ...

• P-B Antibodies

  Antibodies elicited in a different species from which the antigen originated. These antibodies are directed against a wide variety of interspecies-specific antigens, the best known ...

• RNA Probes

  RNA, usually prepared by transcription from cloned DNA, which complements a specific mRNA or DNA and is generally used for studies of virus genes, distribution ...

• Serum Marker

  Measurable and quantifiable biological parameters (e.g., specific enzyme concentration, specific hormone concentration, specific gene phenotype distribution in a population, presence of biological substances) which serve ...

• Thermodilution

  Measurement of blood flow based on induction at one point of the circulation of a known change in the intravascular heat content of flowing blood ...