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Although the presence of IgM antibodies is useful in evaluating early disease, the CDC states that a positive IgM test result alone is not recommended for use in determining active disease in persons with illness greater than 1 month's duration because the likelihood of a false-positive test res...
2B) has the potential to dramatically shorten turnaround time, reduce the cost of labor and instrument, and eliminate the need of manual handling and subjective interpretation of the WB or IB test results. All antibodies are detected in a single run, but the results are interpreted according ...
Lyme disease (LD) is the most common tick-borne illness in the United States. Although appropriate antibiotic treatment is effective for most cases, up to 20% of patients develop post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS). There is an urgent need to im
As such, due to data availability and sparseness of other clinical variables (e.g., lab test results), we relied on ICD-9 code-based identification of LD patients. However, with a randomly selected patient cohort (N = 50) and physician’s manually chart review, we achieved PPV =...
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Several vaccines and new treatments are in the works as the ticks that carry the disease spread to new locations. Here’s what you need to know about tick bites and your risk of infection.
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