Lyme borreliosis

BORRELIA LYME

It is the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, Connecticut, where an epidemic occurred in 1975. The disease occurs with skin erythema on the chest, abdomen, back and buttocks (up to 15 cm in diameter), headache , articular pains and arthritis also infantile. It is a spiral-shaped bacterium ( Borrelia burgdorferi in honor of its discoverer, Burgdorfer) that infects the ticks, which then can transmit the bacterium to humans and animals.

In Europe, the disease is common in Austria, Slovenia, Czech Republic e Slovakia, in Italia è presente soprattutto nel Karst, nel Trentino e nella Liguria, in smaller quantities is also present in other regions ..

 

Sensitivity

Specificity
Positive control
 

Negative control

  

 

  

 
 

Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 and P39 antigen

  

98%

  

100%
 

Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 and flagellin

  

97%

  

100%
 

P39 purified antigen

  

100%

  

100%
 

Flagellina

  

100%

  

100%

 

 

Total reaction time: 55/85 minutes at 44-47 ° C.

First incubation: 30/60 minutes

Second incubation: 5 minutes

Third incubation: 15 minutes

First incubation: 5 minutes

 

Ref: 800-5025 25 tests