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serodiscordant

American  
[seer-oh-dis-kawr-dnt] / ˌsɪər oʊ dɪsˈkɔr dnt /

adjective

  1. pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.


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Known as serodiscordant couples, they account for 44% of new HIV infections in the country.

From BBC

The drive to have children is still very strong - in one recent study involving serodiscordant couples 16% of the women became pregnant.

From BBC

As we began to explore options, Kasiah and I were frustrated at the lack of family-planning data or information out there for serodiscordant couples like us, in which one partner is HIV-positive and the other is negative.

From Time

Mixed HIV status, or serodiscordant, couples looking to start a family have a menu of options in addition to the traditional routes of adoption, surrogates, and egg or sperm donors.

From Washington Post

In a prospective study of 2521 African HIV-1 serodiscordant couples, we assessed genital HIV-1 RNA quantity and HIV-1 transmission risk.

From Science Magazine