Sentence examples for reactive positive from inspiring English sources
A "Reactive (Positive) Result Packet" (including mock scripts) may help personnel with the delivery of results and provide patients with available resources for follow-up and linkage to care.
It should be noted that the ELISA results corresponded to the ANA-IIF results, with the highly reactive positive sera by ELISA (DM-119, OB-041, HI-829, and RA-909) also producing a strong DFS pattern at 1 160 dilution in ANA-IIF assays (Table 3).
A rabbit serum previously identified as nonreactive (negative control) and a rabbit serum known to be reactive (positive control) were tested on each slide.
In order to identify the various bands present, the strip is compared with reference strips of non-reactive (negative) and reactive (positive) controls run concurrently.
Because of their low specificity, (line) immunoblot assays, often with recombinant antigens, are used as confirmatory assays in case of a reactive (positive or borderline) enzyme immunoassay [ 7].
The seroprevalence of reactive (positive) titres encountered at the Provincial Health Laboratory in Toronto was 16.8% of 659 ELISA IgG tests for April 2001, and 18.6% of 488 tests performed for the month of December 2001 (Personal Communication, 2002).
Hemagglutination inhibition assay using flavivirus antigens (DENV1, DENV3, and JEV) performed on 1,708 plasma specimens revealed 30.4% (519) cross-reactive positives, and 10% (172) and 1.3% (22) positives to JEV or DENV, respectively.
The false-positives include calling reactive nodes positive in patients with chronic lung disease.
Results: Seventeen percent of the cohort was anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) reactive (HCV positive).
As with the test offer and consent process, patients should receive both non-reactive (negative) and reactive (preliminary positive) HIV test results privately.
Per the manufacturer's instructions, the rapid test is typically run in singlet [3], and all reactive (preliminary positive) rapid test results should be confirmed with either a WB, IFA, or approved NAAT test [9].
