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.

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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)

Descriptor ID	D012680
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
Concept/Terms	Sensitivity and Specificity Sensitivity and Specificity Specificity and Sensitivity Sensitivity Sensitivity Specificity Specificity

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sensitivity and Specificity".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
Sensitivity and Specificity [E05.318.740.872]
Epidemiologic Research Design [E05.318.780]
Sensitivity and Specificity [E05.318.780.800]
Biological Sciences [G]
Mathematical Concepts [G17]
Sensitivity and Specificity [G17.800]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Statistics as Topic [N05.715.360.750]
Sensitivity and Specificity [N05.715.360.750.725]
Epidemiologic Research Design [N05.715.360.780]
Sensitivity and Specificity [N05.715.360.780.700]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Epidemiologic Research Design [N06.850.520.445]
Sensitivity and Specificity [N06.850.520.445.800]
Statistics as Topic [N06.850.520.830]
Sensitivity and Specificity [N06.850.520.830.872]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sensitivity and Specificity".

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Bar chart showing 382 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 35 publications in 2008

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1993	4	4
1994	4	4
1995	2	2
1996	5	5
1997	6	6
1998	2	2
1999	6	6
2000	10	10
2001	17	17
2002	25	25
2003	10	10
2004	20	20
2005	30	30
2006	16	16
2007	17	17
2008	35	35
2009	17	17
2010	16	16
2011	16	16
2012	15	15
2013	21	21
2014	15	15
2015	14	14
2016	16	16
2017	13	13
2018	14	14
2019	9	9
2020	6	6
2021	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Sensitivity and Specificity" by people in Profiles.

Mitchell SL, Orris S, Freeman T, Freeman MC, Adam M, Axe M, Gribschaw J, Suyama J, Hoberman A, Wells A. Performance of SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing in symptomatic and asymptomatic adults: a single-center evaluation. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 18; 21(1):1071.

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Lundy J, Gao H, Berry W, Masoumi-Moghoddam S, Jenkins BJ, Croagh D. Targeted Transcriptome and KRAS Mutation Analysis Improve the Diagnostic Performance of EUS-FNA Biopsies in Pancreatic Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 11 01; 27(21):5900-5911.

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Kaduskar O, Bhatt V, Prosperi C, Hayford K, Hasan AZ, Deshpande GR, Tilekar B, Vivian Thangaraj JW, Kumar MS, Gupta N, Murhekar MV, Moss WJ, Mehendale SM, Sangal L, Sapkal G. Optimization and Stability Testing of Four Commercially Available Dried Blood Spot Devices for Estimating Measles and Rubella IgG Antibodies. mSphere. 2021 08 25; 6(4):e0049021.

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Heidarian A, Das KK, Mino-Kenudson M, Fernandez-Del Castillo C, Pitman MB. Cytology adds value to monoclonal antibody Das-1 testing for detection of high-risk pancreatic cysts. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2021 May-Jun; 10(3):249-254.

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Lin CY, Xie J, Freedman SB, McKee RS, Schnadower D, Tarr PI, Finkelstein Y, Desai NM, Lane RD, Bergmann KR, Kaplan RL, Hariharan S, Cruz AT, Cohen DM, Dixon A, Ramgopal S, Powell EC, Kilgar J, Michelson KA, Bitzan M, Yen K, Meckler GD, Plint AC, Balamuth F, Bradin S, Gouin S, Kam AJ, Meltzer JA, Hunley TE, Avva U, Porter R, Fein DM, Louie JP, Tarr GAM. Predicting Adverse Outcomes for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infections in Emergency Departments. J Pediatr. 2021 05; 232:200-206.e4.

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Mitchell SL, Ventura SE. Evaluation and Comparison of the Hologic Aptima SARS-CoV-2 Assay and the CDC 2019-nCoV Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Diagnostic Panel Using a Four-Sample Pooling Approach. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 11 18; 58(12).

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Illán-Gala I, Lleo A, Karydas A, Staffaroni AM, Zetterberg H, Sivasankaran R, Grinberg LT, Spina S, Kramer JH, Ramos EM, Coppola G, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, Perry DC, Gorno-Tempini ML, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Blennow K, Boxer AL, Rojas JC. Plasma Tau and Neurofilament Light in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Alzheimer Disease. Neurology. 2021 02 02; 96(5):e671-e683.

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Paliwal M, Weber KA, Hopkins BS, Cantrell DR, Hoggarth MA, Elliott JM, Dahdaleh NS, Mackey S, Parrish TD, Dhaher Y, Smith ZA. Magnetization Transfer Ratio and Morphometrics of the Spinal Cord Associates with Surgical Recovery in Patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. World Neurosurg. 2020 12; 144:e939-e947.

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Vuong HG, Nguyen TPX, Hassell LA, Jung CK. Diagnostic performances of the Afirma Gene Sequencing Classifier in comparison with the Gene Expression Classifier: A meta-analysis. Cancer Cytopathol. 2021 03; 129(3):182-189.

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Alhamad MMA, Kumar A, Chaaban H, Wickline KM, Ho TTB. Platelets and Immature Neutrophils in Preterm Infants with Feeding Intolerance. Am J Perinatol. 2021 09; 38(11):1150-1157.

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