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Those patients with a DTC positive event in the negative control (isotype specific), were excluded from DTC interpretation in the specific test (AE1AE3), which improved the specificity of the DTC analysis.

Newer testing modalities with interferon-gamma release assays (QuantiFERON-TB Gold or In-Tube and T-SPOT TB) have improved the specificity of the diagnosis as they are more specific markers of M. tuberculosis infection and previous exposure and are not influenced by BCG vaccination or exposure to atypical mycobacteria.

Recent advances with use of M. bovis specific proteins such as MPB83, MPB70, ESAT-6, and CFP-10 have improved the specificity of serologic-based assays; however, with only minimal improvement of sensitivity [ 5].

Using an EFW cutoff of <5% improved the specificity to 63% and PPV to 41%, but decreased the sensitivity to 88%.

Combining an abdominal circumference (AC) or femur length (FL) z-score less than -2 with the total EFW improved the specificity and PPV but decreased the sensitivity.A combination of a small AC or FL along with EFW increases the specificity and PPV, but decreases the sensitivity of predicting SGA.Journal of Perinatology advance online publication, 26 January 2017; doi 10.1038/jp.2016.275.

Furthermore, it was found that combining the strategy of high spatial resolution with an optimum task duration and post-processing methods for separating true and false positives greatly improved the specificity of single-subject, block-design fMRI studies of structured, overt vowel production.

Modifying the sgRNA sequence also improved the specificity.

Moreover, the use of CT improved the specificity of SPECT [4], particularly concerning small lesions.

The presence of ≥ 5 of these predictors modestly improved the sensitivity (77%) and greatly improved the specificity (77%) in predicting an apnea-hypopnea index of ≥ 15/h.

In addition to the use of NPs in nanomedicine, which has successfully improved the specificity of modern chemotherapeutics in recent years (Ranganathan et al. 2012; Danhier et al. 2010; Sun et al.

The absence of leukocytosis (defined as leucocytes <9.3×10̂9/L) in particular, was the best laboratory criteria that improved the specificity and positive LR of present WHO and CDC ILI criteria.