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Evaluation of heartworm immunodiagnostic tests
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1990Summary In this report, the use of appropriate statistical methods for the evaluation of heartworm immunodiagnostic tests is discussed. The evaluation of these tests is complicated by factors causing variation in sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and predictive values of positive and negative test results.
C H, Courtney, J A, Cornell
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A new immunodiagnostic test in onchocerciasis*
Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 1976SummaryThe radioallergosorbent (RAST) technique was used as a diagnostic test for onchocerciasis. IgE antibodies for Dirofilaria immitis antigen were found in thirty‐one of fifty‐seven (54%) affected patients.
A O, Somorin, D C, Heiner
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Microfluidic Chips for Point‐of‐Care Immunodiagnostics
Advanced Materials, 2011AbstractWe might be at the turning point where research in microfluidics undertaken in academia and industrial research laboratories, and substantially sponsored by public grants, may provide a range of portable and networked diagnostic devices. In this Progress Report, an overview on microfluidic devices that may become the next generation of point‐of‐
Gervais, Luc +2 more
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Challenges in immunodiagnostic tests for leprosy
Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics, 2013Despite the effectiveness of multidrug therapy, leprosy still represents a significant global health problem: transmission of Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) is not sufficiently reduced as witnessed by unwavering new case rates in leprosy-endemic countries. Early detection of M.
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Quality assurance in immunodiagnostics
1999Abstract The primary function of immunodiagnostic investigations, as with any healthcare laboratory investigation, is to provide the clinician with analytical data obtained from examination of specimens submitted from patients and to assist in interpreting these results, in order to assist in diagnosis and control of therapy for the ...
David g. Bullock, finlay mackenzie
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[Potentialities of immunodiagnostics in endometriosis].
Akusherstvo i ginekologiia, 2004In this study, the authors tried to figure out the value of immunodiagnostics, and especially the protein characteristics of the peritoneal fluid in women with endometriosis. The main purpose was to establish whether this kind of diagnostics is reliable enough for clinical purposes.
A, Nalbanski, R, Dimitrov, M, Stamenova
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