Diseases and Diagnostics/Confirmatory Tests List

This post discusses some of the common communicable and non-communicable diseases and their diagnostic/confirmation tests that are important for all competitive examination preparation aspirants.

Diseases and Diagnostics Tests

Disease	Test
AIDS	ELISA Test Western Blot Test Neva Test
Tuberculosis	Tine Test Dots Test Mantoux Test Tuberculin Test
Hepatitis	Bilirubin Test
Jaundice	Bilirubin Blood Test
Typhoid Paratyphoid (enteric) fever	Widal Test
Diphtheria	Shick Test
Dengue fever	Tourniquet Test
Leprosy	Histamine Test Lepromin Skin Test
Cancer	Biopsy
Carcinogenicity	Ames Test*
Breast cancer	Mammography
Cervical cancer	Pap smear
Infertility/ Fallopian Tube Occlusion	Rubin’s Test
Syphilis	Wassermann Test
Plague	Wayson stain Test
Influenza A & B	RIDT*
Scarlet fever	Dick Test
Rheumatoid fever	Rose waller Test
Rheumatoid arthritis	RA Factor Test
Diabetes	Benedict Test

📝SideNotes:

• The Ames test is based on the assumption that any mutagenic substance for the bacteria used in this test might be a carcinogen.
• Tourniquet test is also known as the Hess test or Rumpel-Leede test.
• Rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDT) - identify the presence of influenza A and B viral nucleoprotein antigens in respiratory specimens