BBI Clinical Laboratories
Independent specialty clinical reference laboratory offering detection, confirmation, identification of tick-borne diseases including Lyme disease, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, and babesia. Includes information about tests.
ELISA and Western Blot: Lies that can kill you?
Editorial about serological testing for Lyme disease by Thomas Grier. From "Spotlight on Lyme", newsletter of the Lyme Alliance.
Labodia SA: Review of Lyme Disease Laboratory Test
Labodia SA, located in Yens, Switzerland, manufactures and distributes various diagnostic test kits for Lyme disease and other diseases. Explanations of some Lyme disease tests.
Lyme Disease Test Kits: Potential for Misdiagnosis
Article published in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Bulletin, Summer 1999.
Recommendations for Test Performance and Interpret
A two-test approach for active disease and for previous infection using a sensitive enzyme immunoassay (EIA) or immunofluorescent assay (IFA) followed by a Western immunoblot, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), August 11, 1995.
Specialty Laboratories - Test Methodology Guide
Brief summaries of various tests including Indirect Fluorescent Antibody (IFA), Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), and Immunoblot/Western Blot (WB). Laboratory located in Santa Monica, California.