Updated CDC Recommendation for Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Aug 16;68(32):703. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6832a4.

Abstract

Lyme disease is a tickborne zoonosis for which serologic testing is the principal means of laboratory diagnosis. In 1994, the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards convened the Second National Conference on Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease (1).

MeSH terms

  • Blotting, Western
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / blood
  • Lyme Disease / diagnosis*
  • Serologic Tests / methods
  • Serologic Tests / standards*
  • United States
  • United States Food and Drug Administration