 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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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 | 2 | 2 | | 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2010 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2011 | 0 | 14 | 14 | | 2012 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2013 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2014 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2015 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2016 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2018 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2019 | 0 | 10 | 10 | | 2020 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sensitivity and Specificity" by people in Profiles.
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Vadali MV, Gener MA, Fraga GR. Histochemistry Testing for Cutaneous Fungal Infections: A Meta-Analysis. J Cutan Pathol. 2025 Aug; 52(8):539-547.
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Kietzman AP, Neeley N, Selvarangan R, Banerjee D, Goldman JL, Schuster JE. Anterior nasal swabs compared to nasopharyngeal swabs for detection of respiratory viruses in children. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2025 Jul; 112(3):116821.
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Searns JB, Hall M, Birkholz M, Downes KJ, Hubbell BB, Kern-Goldberger AS, Markham JL, Newland JG, Rolsma SL, Wang ME, O'Leary ST, Dominguez SR, Parker SK, Kronman MP. Accuracy of pathogen diagnostic codes for acute hematogenous musculoskeletal infections in children. J Hosp Med. 2025 Aug; 20(8):853-857.
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Damera MC, Centanni R, Sherman A, Kline J, Follansbee CW, Chang PM, Malloy-Walton LE. Evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of reduced lead paediatric electrocardiograms. Cardiol Young. 2025 Feb; 35(2):283-288.
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Hunter SR, Zola A, Ho E, Kallen M, Adjei-Danquah E, Achenbach C, Smith GR, Gershon R, Reed DR, Schalet B, Parma V, Dalton PH. Using SCENTinel? to predict SARS-CoV-2 infection: insights from a community sample during dominance of Delta and Omicron variants. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1322797.
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Antoon JW, Stopczynski T, Amarin JZ, Stewart LS, Boom JA, Sahni LC, Michaels MG, Williams JV, Englund JA, Klein EJ, Staat MA, Schlaudecker EP, Selvarangan R, Schuster JE, Weinberg GA, Szilagyi PG, Perez A, Moline HL, Spieker AJ, Grijalva CG, Olson SM, Halasa NB. Accuracy of Influenza ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes in Identifying Influenza Illness in Children. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 04 01; 7(4):e248255.
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Bergus KC, Knaus ME, Onwuka AJ, Afrazi A, Breech L, Corkum KS, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fallat ME, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hertweck SP, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Merchant N, Overman RE, Rademacher BL, Raiji MT, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Wright T, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Diagnostic Performance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms: A Multi-Institutional Review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2024 Apr; 37(2):192-197.
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Sasidharan A, Selvarangan R, Konrad K, Faron ML, Shakir SM, Hillyard D, McCall RK, McHardy IH, Goldberg DC, Dunn JJ, Greninger AL, Lansang C, Bogh R, Remillard CV. Multi-center clinical evaluation of the Panther Fusion SARS-CoV-2/Flu A/B/RSV assay in nasopharyngeal swab specimens from symptomatic individuals. J Clin Microbiol. 2023 11 21; 61(11):e0082723.
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Maurya S, Jain A, Rehman MT, Hakamy A, Bantun F, AlAjmi MF, Singh V, Zehra A, Khan F, Haque S, Mishra BN. In Silico Identification of Novel Derivatives of Rifampicin Targeting Ribonuclease VapC2 of M. tuberculosis H37Rv: Rifampicin Derivatives Target VapC2 of Mtb H37Rv. Molecules. 2023 Feb 08; 28(4).
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Marker AM, Patton SR, Clements MA, Egan AE, McDonough RJ. Adjusted Cutoff Scores Increase Sensitivity of Depression Screening Measures in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2022 11 01; 45(11):2501-2508.
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