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Jared is a 34-year-old male who has reported several weeks of general malaise, and a low-grade fever. You are a nurse working for the public health department, and you are corresponding with Jared concerning the results of his laboratory testing.
-You inform Jared that a Western blot test will be performed to confirm or deny diagnosis.You tell Jared that the Western blot test is a more specific test.This time,you catch yourself using medical jargon again,and clarify in which of the following ways:
A) "It's possible that this is a false-positive,since the test may have been positive for something other than HIV."
B) "The Western blot test is a more specific test and is unlikely to generate a false positive result.This will be used to confirm or refute the ELISA test results."
C) "It's possible that this is a false-positive,since high sensitivity means the tests are rarely accurate."
D) "It's unlikely that there would be a false-positive result,since this is the only test that can really diagnose HIV."
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