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Keywords: antibody, serological, antigen, negative, lack

When the suspected substance being searched for, such as hepatitis C virus, does not show up in a blood test.

negative result in a serological test; that is, the inability to detect the antibodies or antigens being tested for.

Negative antibody result in a blood test.

Keywords: sil, intraepithelial, surrogate, squamous, lesion

single blind squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL) surrogate marker

Keywords: 'absent, blood, means, general, term

Seronegative is a general term that means 'absent from the blood'.