Presently, the Division of Laboratories of the Department of Health of New York rather than sourcing test antigens from one or two species of sonicated Borrelia has certified the ImmunoBlot tests of particular recombinant antigens from a few species of Borrelia burgdorferi . The ImmunoBlot tests identify the US and European species of Lyme Borrelia : B. burgdorferi B31, B. burgdorferi 297, B. mayonii, B. spielmanii, B. californiensis, B. valaisiana, B. afzelii and B. garinii and makes P31 epitope affirmation test superfluous. To test for all over Borrelia burgdorferi species by Western smudges, eight individual IgM and eight person IgG tests are required. Performing 16 Western blots on each persistent test is costly and illogical as restricted to fair two tests with the Lyme ImmunoBlots . “The Lyme ImmunoBlot is confirmed as more comprehensive for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato than the as of now accessible Western smudges since we presently know that other species s...
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