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Clinical trial information for curious readers

Lab reports come with their own dialect. Here is a phrasebook.

Windowira explains antibody titers, seropositive and seronegative labels, and what sensitivity means for a research assay. Information only. We never interpret personal results.

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01What an antibody titer is, in everyday wordsA titer is a way labs describe how far a sample can be diluted and still show a reaction. In antibody testing, it is one way of talking about how strong a signal looks.Lab vocab 1 · 6 min02Seropositive and seronegativeSeropositive usually means a test found antibodies above a cutoff. Seronegative means it did not. The cutoff is set by the test and the study.Lab vocab 2 · 7 min03Sensitivity and specificity without the fogSensitivity asks how often a test catches what it is looking for. Specificity asks how often it stays quiet when the target is absent.Lab vocab 3 · 5 min

What you will learn

  1. 01

    Titers

    Dilution-based measurements, explained.

  2. 02

    Serostatus words

    Positive and negative as cutoff labels.

  3. 03

    Assay performance

    Sensitivity and specificity without fog.

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