*NA, not applicable; neg, negative; ND, not done; pos, positive; B, blood with anticoagulant EDTA; H, hemoculture.
*TBEV, tick-borne encephalitis virus; NT, neutralization test; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; Ig, immunoglobulin; ME, meningioencephalitis; pos, positive; bor, borderline; NA, not applicable; neg, negative.
Deer 7 and 8 challenged i/c with sterile saline – negative control animals.PME = post-mortem examination N/A = not applicable-negative, + mild, ++ moderate, +++ severe Spongiform change characterized by vacuolation of both neuronal perikarya and grey matter neuropil was prominent in the brains of all six clinically affected deer.
It lists the first of its aims as to "reinforce positive messages about the UK seafood industry and refute, where applicable, any negative messages about the UK seafood industry".
The question arises whether all extant techniques are applicable to negative tie data.
In this paper, we consider in a systematic way which standard techniques are applicable to negative ties and what changes in interpretation have to be made because of the nature of the ties.
NA indicates not applicable (for negative controls).
NA: non applicable; 0: negative; 1: positive.
bNA, not applicable; No, negative assessment; Yes, positive assessment.
CK, cytokeratin; ER, estrogen receptor; LR, likelihood ratio; NA, not applicable; Neg, negative; Pos, positive.
AES, acute encephalitis syndrome; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; ILI, influenza-like illness; NA, not applicable; Neg, negative; NGS, next-generation sequencing; NiV, Nipah virus; pos, positive; qPCR, quantitative PCR for NiV; SNT, serum neutralization test.
