Lyme disease antibody

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Blood test

Lyme disease organism, Borrelia burgdorferi

Deer ticks

Ticks

Lyme disease - Borrelia burgdorferi organism

Tick imbedded in the skin

Overview

Risks

Results

Lyme disease antibody

Alternative Names:

Lyme disease serology; ELISA for Lyme disease; Western blot for Lyme disease

Normal Values:

Nonreactive or a very low serum titer (antibody count) are normal.

What abnormal results mean:

Only a positive Western blot test can confirm the diagnosis of Lyme disease. A positive ELISA can help confirm the diagnosis, but isn't enough by itself because other infectious diseases and some types of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis can give the same results.

Review Date: 11/16/2005
Reviewed By: Monica Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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