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TESTING
Page last updated: November 1, 2009
TESTING FOR
TICK-BORNE DISEASE
These laboratories are
known for their excellent reputation for testing for
tick-borne disease. With any lab, when a Western Blot test
is ordered, it's important to specify the following request:
"Please report all bands, including CDC non-specific
bands."
Medical Diagnostic Laboratories
You've received your Lyme Western Blot test results and they are negative. Is this really the truth, or can there be some other explanation? It is helpful to learn more about your Western Blot test results and be able to understand their clinical significance.
Read about the Stricker NK Panel CD-57
The RI Dept. Of Health provides a list of laboratories which perform tests on ticks to look for the presence of the bacteria which causes Lyme disease.
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