Single-tier testing with the C6 peptide ELISA kit compared with two-tier testing for Lyme disease.
Wormser GP, Schriefer M, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Levin A, Steere AC, Nadelman RB, Nowakowski J, Marques A, Johnson BJ, Dumler JS.
Wormser GP, et al.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;75(1):9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.09.003. Epub 2012 Oct 11.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013.
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The C6 ELISA had sensitivity statistically comparable to 2-tier testing in sera from Lyme disease patients with early neurologic manifestations (88.6% versus 77.3%, P = 0.13) or arthritis (98.3% versus 95.6%, P = 0.38). ...In conclusion, using a refere …
The C6 ELISA had sensitivity statistically comparable to 2-tier testing in sera from Lyme disease patients with …