Sensitivity and Specificity
"Sensitivity and Specificity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
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D012680
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.740.872 E05.318.780.800 G17.800 N05.715.360.750.725 N05.715.360.780.700 N06.850.520.445.800 N06.850.520.830.872
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| 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2010 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2011 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2012 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2013 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2014 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2015 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2016 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2017 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2018 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2019 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sensitivity and Specificity" by people in Profiles.
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Multicentre external validation of the Neonatal Healthcare-associated infectiOn Prediction (NeoHoP) score: a retrospective case-control study. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Oct 01; 8(1).
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Performance of an in-house multiplex PCR assay for HIV-1 drug resistance testing - A cheaper alternative. J Virol Methods. 2024 Dec; 330:115034.
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Performance of patient-collected dried blood specimens for HIV-1 viral load testing in South Africa. AIDS. 2024 Dec 01; 38(15):2050-2055.
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Accuracy of cobas MTB and MTB-RIF/INH for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Drug Resistance. J Mol Diagn. 2024 Aug; 26(8):708-718.
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Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra versus mycobacterial growth indicator tube liquid culture for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in symptomatic adults: a diagnostic accuracy study. Lancet Microbe. 2024 Jun; 5(6):e520-e528.
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Assessment of the performance of the plasma separation card for HIV-1 viral load monitoring in South Africa. J Clin Microbiol. 2024 Apr 10; 62(4):e0164923.
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Evaluation of GeneXpert and advanced biological laboratories UltraGene HCV diagnostic detection and performance against Roche real time PCR in Myanmar. J Clin Virol. 2024 04; 171:105653.
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Evaluation of the accuracy of the Asant? assay as a point-of-care rapid test for HIV-1 recent infections using serum bank specimens from blood donors in South Africa, July 2018 - August 2021. S Afr Med J. 2023 10 23; 113(10):42-48.
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Clinical utility of WHO-recommended screening tools and development and validation of novel clinical prediction models for pulmonary tuberculosis screening among outpatients living with HIV: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Eur Respir Rev. 2023 Jun 30; 32(168).