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SUBMITTER: Hahm JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7180237 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hahm Johnnie B JB Breneman John W JW Liu Jing J Rabkina Svetlana S Zheng Weiming W Zhou Shuxia S Walker Roger P RP Kaul Ravi R
Journal of clinical microbiology 20200423 5
Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne disease caused by the <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i><i>sensu lato</i> complex. Bio-Rad Laboratories has developed a fully automated multiplex bead-based assay for the detection of IgM and IgG antibodies to <i>B. burgdorferi</i> The BioPlex 2200 Lyme Total assay exhibits an improved rate of seropositivity in patients with early Lyme infection. Asymptomatic subjects from endemic and nonendemic origins demonstrated a seroreactivity rate of approximately 4% that was sim ...[more]