The program can also help prepare you for the Ph.D. and a career as an applied anthropologist in the academy. In this website, you can learn more about our program, download the forms you need to apply, and consider how CSULB opens doors to local, regional, and international, cross-cultural, anthropological practice.
Antibody Avidity and HIV Testing. The reason that avidity tests can be used to determine the length of an HIV infection is that over time, the avidity of the anti-HIV antibodies made by the immune system will improve. This method, however, is limited by prompt, effective treatment.
Specificity (%) = number of patients without the disease who test negative Ã 100 Ã· total number tested without the disease. For a diagnostic or screening test, the proportion of people who are truly free of a specific disease and are so identified by the test. See: sensitivity. See also: specificity.