Diagnostic Testing (Lyme Disease)

Diagnostic Testing Sites:

ELISA and Western Blot: Lies that can kill you? ELISA and Western Blot: Lies that can kill you?: Editorial about serological testing for Lyme disease by Thomas Grier. From "Spotlight on Lyme", newsletter of the Lyme Alliance. (Diagnostic Testing) http://www.centurytel.net/tjs11/bug/blot1.htm#n3 Lyme Disease Test Kits: Potential for Misdiagnosis Lyme Disease Test Kits: Potential for Misdiagnosis: Article published in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Bulletin, Summer 1999. (Diagnostic Testing) http://www.fda.gov/medbull/summer99/Lyme.html Specialty Laboratories - Test Methodology Guide Specialty Laboratories - Test Methodology Guide: 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. (Diagnostic Testing) http://www.specialtylabs.com/test/methodology.asp?id=8944 Medical Diagnostic Labs Services: Tick-Borne Diseases Medical Diagnostic Labs Services: Tick-Borne Diseases: Topics include discussions of tests for Lyme disease, babesia, and ehrlichia, differentiating between tick-borne diseases, the role of PCR test, and preventing tick-borne diseases. MDL is located in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. (Diagnostic Testing) http://www.mdlab.com/fees&servs/serv-ticks.html Labodia SA: Review of Lyme Disease Laboratory Tests Labodia SA: Review of Lyme Disease Laboratory Tests: 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. (Diagnostic Testing) http://www.labodia.com/en/lyme/review_en/introduction_en.htm Recommendations for Test Performance and Interpretation...on Serologic Recommendations for Test Performance and Interpretation...on Serologic: 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. (Diagnostic Testing) http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0038469/m0038469.asp BBI Clinical Laboratories BBI Clinical Laboratories: 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 test (Diagnostic Testing) http://www.bbii.com/docsvr/docviewer.asp?DT=BC&DI=83