How to Use serotype in a Sentence

serotype

noun

• The same thing happens if a person has been infected with two or more serotypes.
  — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 2 Nov. 2017
• The fourth serotype wasn’t present in enough cases to get conclusive results.
  — Nina Kravinsky, Smithsonian, 8 Nov. 2019
• But no approach has effectively combatted all four varieties—or serotypes—of the virus.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Jan. 2020
• That kind of resistance raises the stakes when rare serotypes spill into human populations.
  — John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• The highly contagious illness is caused by rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus serotype two.
  — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 19 May 2020
• The vast majority of cVDPVs are caused by serotype 2, one of three variants of the virus.
  — Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 2 July 2018
• Dengue is a complex disease and experts have long worried that developing a vaccine that could safely protect against all four serotypes could be very difficult.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Nov. 2019
• Many of the cases carry the same strain of meningococcus bacteria, known as serotype C, and have been linked through social connections, according to the health department.
  — Soumya Karlamangla, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
• This year's outbreak is associated with the Salmonella Uganda serotype (species) of the bacteria.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 28 June 2019
• In fact, there are about 2,500 different salmonella serotypes (which means that the bacteria are very similar to each other but vary slightly in their genetics).
  — Tara Smith, SELF, 28 June 2018
• In dengue fever, for example, antibodies to an initial infection can actually help dengue viruses of another serotype enter cells, leading to a more severe and sometimes fatal second infection.
  — Jop De Vrieze, Science | AAAS, 18 Nov. 2020
• In the blood of a person who had been infected with dengue multiple times, researchers at Vanderbilt University found an antibody that could strongly bind to all four dengue serotypes and prevent them from infecting new cells.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Jan. 2020
• Another option for non-responders is switching to a different serotype—or strain—of neurotoxin like Myobloc (the brand name for RimabotulinumtoxinB or botulinum toxin type B), which is more commonly used by neurologists to treat muscle spasms.
  — Taryn Brooke, Allure, 16 Apr. 2024
• Mosnodenvir, originally developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, was designed as a broad-spectrum dengue antiviral capable of acting against all four viral serotypes.
  — New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025