serosurveillance

noun

The monitoring of the presence or absence of specific substances in the blood serum of a population.

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Meanings

nounserosurveillance (countable and uncountable, plural serosurveillances)

plural serosurveillances

  1. countableuncountableThe monitoring of the presence or absence of specific substances in the blood serum of a population.

    In the future, serosurveillance should be conducted periodically using more representative samples to better understand the population-level immunity to JE in South Korea.

    2016 January 26, “Prevalence of Neutralizing Antibodies to Japanese Encephalitis Virus among High-Risk Age Groups in South Korea, 2010”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From sero- + surveillance.

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APA

serosurveillance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serosurveillance

MLA

“serosurveillance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serosurveillance. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serosurveillance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serosurveillance.

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