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This article is from the Feline
Infectious Peritonitis FAQ, posted to rec.pets.cats newsgroup.
Maintained by Erin Miller with numerous contributions by
others.
010. What is a seropositive cat?
Some cats test positive on the coronavirus titer test, some do not.
Those which have never been exposed to ANY form of coronavirus are
called "seronegative." Those which have been exposed to some form
of coronavirus are called "seropositive." The Winn
Foundation-sponsored research felt the Cornell study was flawed
because it used cats which had already been exposed to some form
of coronavirus (were "seropositive") and then attempted to test
the vaccine.
This is not to be confused with the terms "FIP negative" and "FIP
positive" which are used by many labs to indicate that the
coronavirus titer is less than (negative) or more than (positive)
some predefined threshold level.
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