Lyme Disease Confirmatory Western Blot Is Redundant for Screen Negative Samples in Low Endemic Areas, British Columbia, Canada

Author:

Kon, E, Adikari, H, Simpson, Y, Wong, Q, Laley, J, Chahil, N, and Morshed, M

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2024-07

Journal/Series title:

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis.

URL:

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/vbz.2024.0042?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=...

Abstract:

Those negative for first-tiered enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were also negative by WB. Results demonstrate that confirmatory testing is not necessary on screen-negative samples. Hence, first-tiered test is sufficient to rule out LD.