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BBI Clinical Laboratories Description: Independent specialty clinical reference laboratory offering detection, confirmation, identification of tick-borne diseases including Lyme disease, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, and babesia. Includes information about tests. (bbii.com) |
ELISA and Western Blot: Lies that can kill you? Description: Editorial about serological testing for Lyme disease by Thomas Grier. From "Spotlight on Lyme", newsletter of the Lyme Alliance. (centurytel.net) |
Labodia SA: Review of Lyme Disease Laboratory Tests Description: Labodia SA, located in Yens, Switzerland, manufactures and distributes various diagnostic test kits for Lyme disease and other diseases. Explanations of some Lyme disease tests. (labodia.com) |
Lyme Disease Test Kits: Potential for Misdiagnosis Description: Article published in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Bulletin, Summer 1999. (fda.gov) |
Recommendations for Test Performance and Interpretation...on Serologic Description: A two-test approach for active disease and for previous infection using a sensitive enzyme immunoassay (EIA) or immunofluorescent assay (IFA) followed by a Western immunoblot, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), August 11, 1995. (wonder.cdc.gov) |
Specialty Laboratories - Test Methodology Guide Description: Brief summaries of various tests including Indirect Fluorescent Antibody (IFA), Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), and Immunoblot/Western Blot (WB). Laboratory located in Santa Monica, California. (specialtylabs.com) |
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