http://www.betterhealthguy.com/lyme/testing
Some great info from BetterHealthGuy.com....
It is important to differentiate between tests that look for antibodies and tests that look for antigens, or the actual organisms (or DNA of the organisms themselves). Antibody testing can be highly unreliable (as can antigen testing). Lyme disease often evades the immune system and thus false-negatives are not uncommon. It may be only after the start of treatment that one finds a Western Blot, for example, becoming positive. This is generally due to the recovery of the immune system and the immune system's ability to now begin to mount an attack and recognize the foreign invaders.
1) ELISA
2) Western Blot
3) PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
4) Lyme DOT-BLOT
5) IGeneX
6) CD-57
7) "Borrelia Burgdoferi Direct Fluorescent Antibody by Flow Cytometry" from Central Florida Research.
8) Fry Clinical Laboratories
9) Clongen Labs
10) MELISA testing
11) Bowen Q-RiBb (Quantitative Rapid Identification of Borrelia Burgdorferi) NO LONGER AVAILABLE
12) Galaxy Diagnostics
13) ImmunoSciences Kaspersky Lab
14) Spiro Stat Technologies
15) Advanced Laboratory Services
16) Infectolab which is based in Germany
Click on the link for more info on these labs and testing.......very informative!
Testing
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