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A member asked:
I tested positive for a serology lyme elisa so my blood was sent to a specialised lab where it tested negative on a c6 lyme elisa and therefore wasn't sent for a western blot. is the c6 elisa more or less accurate? does this mean lyme or not? thanks?
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No Lyme disease. Diagnosis of Lyme requires initial screening test (ELISA or IFA) followed by a confirmatory test either by Western immunoblot or C6 ELISA (2-tier testing). Substitution of the C6 ELISA for immunoblot testing results in no less specificity.
Answered 8/18/2022
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