Sentence examples for compromising specificity from inspiring English sources
Also, next-generation IGRAs that incorporate new M. tuberculosis-specific antigens which significantly enhance diagnostic sensitivity without compromising specificity hold promise and should therefore be assessed in this population [33].
To observe whether minor resistant population detection could increase predictive power of phenotypic resistance without compromising specificity in the data sets collected.
In this study, we determine if the addition of immunomodulators to the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) increased test sensitivity without compromising specificity.
Furthermore, studies in these regions have found that up to 50% of the adult population is IGRA positive [10], but not necessarily suffering from active TB, possibly compromising specificity for diagnosing and excluding active TB infection.
Therefore, lower thresholds may be required without necessarily compromising specificity.
The IgM parameter in the SD Duo test improved overall test sensitivity without compromising specificity.
Often, the tumour specific promoters are weak which can be augmented by utilizing various tumour specific enhancers [ 23] without compromising the specificity.
The sensitivity of the BCG-specific ALS assay in AFB+ patients decreased slightly from 91% to 88% in AFB− patients without compromising the specificity (88%) (Table 4).
Therefore, redesigning antibodies without compromising their specificity by reducing their size is of high interest from many research groups recently.
