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Test Code LYMSCR Lyme Disease Screen, Serum

Important Note

This test is currently unavailable. Please order SQ test code SLYME, performed at Mayo.

Methodology

Enzyme-Linked Fluorescent Immunoassay (ELFA)
The presumptive detection of total antibodies (IgG/IgM) to Borrelia burgdorferi (the causative agent of Lyme’s disease).

Performing Laboratory

St. Clair Hospital Laboratory

Specimen Requirements

1 plain, red-top tube (1 mL of serum). Centrifuge blood as soon as possible and send specimen refrigerated, or send unspun blood to laboratory within 4 hours of draw.

Reference Values

No detectable antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi. Specimens testing positive by this methodology will be sent for Immunoblot confirmation before results are reported.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday