Lyme IgM Line Blot Interp. details
What Lyme IgM Line Blot Interp. shows
A line blot is a type of immunoblot in which purified Borrelia proteins are applied as separate lines on a test strip, and your IgM antibodies are checked for reactions to each one. Borrelia burgdorferi is the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. This result is the overall interpretation, reported as positive or negative based on how many specific bands react, following CDC criteria. It is used as the second step after a positive or equivocal screening test. IgM is most useful in the first weeks of illness, and a positive IgM result after a long illness is more likely to be a false positive. Single bands are never interpreted alone.
Tests that include Lyme IgM Line Blot Interp.
This test is used to detect antibodies antibodies to the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. This test is intended as the second step in testing serum samples found to have been equivocal or positive using an ELISA or IFA test.
- 18 KD (IgG) Band Shows whether your IgG antibodies react to the 18 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 23 KD (IgG) Band Shows whether your IgG antibodies react to the 23 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 23 KD (IgM) Band Shows whether your IgM antibodies react to the 23 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 28 KD (IgG) Band Shows whether your IgG antibodies react to the 28 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 30 KD (IgG) Band Shows whether your IgG antibodies react to the 30 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 39 KD (IgG) Band Shows whether your IgG antibodies react to the 39 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 39 KD (IgM) Band Shows whether your IgM antibodies react to the 39 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 41 KD (IgG) Band Shows whether your IgG antibodies react to the 41 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 41 KD (IgM) Band Shows whether your IgM antibodies react to the 41 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 45 KD (IgG) Band Shows whether your IgG antibodies react to the 45 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 58 KD (IgG) Band Shows whether your IgG antibodies react to the 58 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 66 KD (IgG) Band Shows whether your IgG antibodies react to the 66 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- 93 KD (IgG) Band Shows whether your IgG antibodies react to the 93 kD protein of the Lyme bacterium, one band read as part of a Lyme disease immunoblot pattern.
- Lyme IgG Line Blot Interp. The overall interpretation of a Lyme disease IgG line blot, based on the pattern of antibody reactions to Borrelia proteins under CDC criteria.
- Lyme IgM Line Blot Interp. The overall interpretation of a Lyme disease IgM line blot, based on the pattern of antibody reactions to Borrelia proteins, used mainly in early infection.
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