titers
Solution strength measurements
Titers are measurements of concentration, specifically how much of a substance exists in a solution.
In medicine, a titer typically indicates the level of antibodies in blood—higher titers suggest stronger immune response or recent infection: Her antibody titers showed she was immune to measles.
The term comes from titration, a laboratory technique for determining concentration.
Also spelled titres in British English.
Proteins targeting pathogens
- immunoglobulinsProtective blood proteins
- antigenImmune response inducer
- serumBlood's watery portion
- agglutinationJoining units into wholes
neutralization · seropositive · seronegative · endpoint · antibody response · cross-reactivity · specificity · sensitivity
Reduction in concentration
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- endpointFinal point reached
- quantificationExpressing something numerically
- ratioComparative numerical relation
threshold · baseline · peak · cutoff · geometric mean · log scale · units · calibration
Administered immunity booster
- immune responseBody fighting foreign threats
- protectionGuarding against harm
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- memory cellsImmunity's long-term archive
immunization · herd immunity · vaccine efficacy · breakthrough infection · waning immunity · revaccination
Pathogen count in body
- infectivityCapacity to spread disease
- bacteriophageVirus infecting bacterial cells
- tissue cultureGrowing cells in controlled media
- viral sheddingRelease of replicating virus
antibodies
Proteins targeting pathogens
- immunoglobulinsProtective blood proteins
- antigenImmune response inducer
- serumBlood's watery portion
agglutination · neutralization · seropositive · seronegative · endpoint · antibody response · cross-reactivity · specificity · sensitivity
dilution
Reduction in concentration
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- endpointFinal point reached
- quantificationExpressing something numerically
ratio · threshold · baseline · peak · cutoff · geometric mean · log scale · units · calibration · standardization
vaccination
Administered immunity booster
- immune responseBody fighting foreign threats
- protectionGuarding against harm
- boosterSomething that increases strength
memory cells · immunization · herd immunity · vaccine efficacy · breakthrough infection · waning immunity · revaccination
viral load
Pathogen count in body
- infectivityCapacity to spread disease
- bacteriophageVirus infecting bacterial cells
- tissue cultureGrowing cells in controlled media