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Lefkowitz, RJ, and Hamp, M. "Comparison of specificity of agonist and antagonist radioligand binding to β adrenergic receptors". Nature 268, no.

We also performed a formal comparison of specificity and incidence of mild malaria endpoints from active and passive surveillance in a sub-group of children who were matched by age, period of follow up and location (implying similar malaria endemicity).

Additionally, the specificity of sodC compared to ctrA cannot accurately be determined; the literature does not support the idea that ctrA is the ideal "gold standard" that is needed for a comparison of specificity [11], [12], [40].

The comparison of specificity, sensitivity and accuracy, between SPV and SUV was 90% (r=0.9), 100% (r=1) and 100% (r=1), respectively.

Comparison of specificity, potency and mechanisms of action for each member would facilitate the selection of lead anti-Fli-1 compounds for potential use as single drugs or, if appropriate, combined formulations with potentially enhanced efficacy.

As a result, there was low power to detect differences of the order of 10% (power < 50%) for all analyses, except the comparison of specificity between the age classes for the two serological tests.

We have, therefore, included 24 (26% of culture positives) samples from which grew NTM in order to have a representative number of such samples for the comparison of specificities.

Statistical comparison tests between the ML score and the MEWS for sensitivity and specificity were done by applying the McNemar test to the disease group (comparison of sensitivities) and the nondiseased group (comparison of specificities) [ 30].

Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analysis as well as comparisons of specificities of the software packages at similar levels of sensitivity therefore needs to be performed in order to compare the diagnostic performances.

Table 3 Comparison of sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of PET, mediastinoscopy (MES), EUS and EBUS for restaging the mediastinum in lung cancer     n Sensitivity Specificity Accuracy PET [44] 8 trials 380 59 85   MES 3 trials 204 71 100 81 EUS [45, 46] 2 trials 58 70 75 96 100 86 92 EBUS [47, 48] 2 trials 185 67–76 86–185 77–80.

This is the first direct comparison of the specificity and efficacy of erythrocytic and pre-erythrocytic stage whole organism vaccination strategies utilising the same parasite species pair.