Editorial commentary: laboratory testing for Lyme disease: time for a change?

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jul 15;47(2):196-7. doi: 10.1086/589316.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology*
  • Blotting, Western
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / immunology*
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood*
  • Lipoproteins / immunology*
  • Lyme Disease / diagnosis*
  • Lyme Disease / immunology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Serologic Tests / methods

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Lipoproteins
  • VlsE protein, Borrelia burgdorferi