The phrase "as the primary test" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a main or most important evaluation or assessment in a particular context.
Example: "The results of the experiment were analyzed, with the final outcome being considered as the primary test of the hypothesis."
Alternatives: "as the main criterion" or "as the key assessment".
In this paper, we consider the cost-effectiveness of using only the HPV test as the primary test in the Netherlands, instead of cytology.
Our results support introducing the HPV test as the primary test in the Netherlands and increasing the interval between screening rounds.
Women who tested positive for HPV either would be managed according to the HPV genotype(s) detected, if an HPV genotyping test was used as the primary test, or their residual specimen would be reflex-tested for the HPV genotype(s) present.
Blackstrap molasses and dilute blackstrap molasses are used as the primary test solutions in this study.
We randomly divided the 1,500 input vectors into 1,000 as the primary test dataset and 500 as the confirmative test dataset.
In the Court's view, § 1563(a)(2) simply expanded the ownership group to five, retaining the 80-percent requirement as the primary test for interrelatedness.
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The design of the Finnish programme allows for specific changes such as the screening interval, the primary test, or the age at starting screening if that turns out to be reasonable later on.
In contrast, grip strength and walking velocity departed significantly from normality (chi-square 155 and 10.4, P = 0.007 and ≤0.001, respectively), with shirt button speed as the one primary test that had normal distribution (chi-square 3.3, P = 0.19).
In order to investigate whether the use of calcium scoring alone as a first line test is helpful in the diagnosis of chest pain, we undertook a prospective audit of 463 patients who undertook this test as the primary preliminary test for coronary artery disease and followed these patients up for a period of two years.
The study concluded that a strategy involving HPV testing as the primary screening test was the best option, provided that local infrastructure is developed and new HPV testing methods that result in lower cost are used (Almonte et al, 2007).
