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A member asked:
My doctor is checking me for lyme..is the western blot a reliable test to check for it?
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Not great: But it is used to diagnoses lyme disease as it is one of the better tests we have. The cdc recently stated it believes lyme infections are about ten times higher than predicted due to false negatives related to current testing. Hope that helps!
Answered 3/8/2014
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