What Does My ELISA Test Result Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2015

Question: What does this result indicate?

Answered by Dr. T Shobha Deepak (8 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Lyme disease is absent

Detailed Answer:
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Dear Ms

The result indicates absence of Lyme's disease. ELISA test is done to detect antibodies in blood, in the absence of active infection antibodies are not present which is depicted as negative ELISA test.

Do get back to me if you need any further assistance, will be glad to assist you.

Take Care

Best Regards
Dr Shobha Deepak
MBBS,MD

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. T Shobha Deepak (36 minutes later)

Is this the most reliabletest for lyme?

Answered by Dr. T Shobha Deepak (17 hours later)

Brief Answer:
ELISA is quite sensitive test

Detailed Answer:
Dear Ms

It is very reliable test. Final way of ruling out is antigen testing. Negative ELISA test and negative clinical finding rules out Lyme disease.

take Care

Regards
Dr Shobha

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar