Sentence examples for suspect definition from inspiring English sources

If a modified screen consisting of either the traditional TB suspect definition, or any other 2 symptoms is used, the negative predictive value in HIV-positive individuals is 99.3%.

Also, an adequate TB suspect definition should result in a reasonable percentage of smear positives.

This might be explained by an inappropriate suspect definition.

IQR = inter-quartile range; WBC = white blood cells; CSF = cerebrospinal fluid †Note that all patients had ≤5 WBC/μL, as per stage 1 suspect definition.

I have come across profiles of folks on Facebook who claim to have more than 500 friends and folks on LinkedIn with 500-plus contacts; I suspect their definition of "friend" is more elastic than mine.

As with all ideologies, I suspect the definition has been co-opted by the most extreme elements, the stereotypical male-bashing feminist in Birkenstocks who refuses to shave her legs in protest of cultural tyranny.

But Tobin suspects this definition could expand over time as more studies and clinical trials accumulate.

Two clotted blood specimens were requested from all persons who met the suspected case definition.

Of 127 Club X members, 15 initially met the suspected case definition.

The use of a more sensitive, less specific case definition for HUS that did not require laboratory evidence of HUS likely led to the inclusion of some persons without HUS, as well as many with less severe HUS, as evidenced by the considerably lower dialysis requirements of children meeting only the suspected case definition.

We excluded duplicated sets of specimens from patients tested on >2 occasions (n = 93), specimens collected from patients outside of South Africa (n = 6), and specimens from those who did not meet the suspected case definition and tested negative for RVFV infection (n = 513).