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Post by Admin/ Traveler on Apr 25, 2019 17:51:37 GMT
(Trav here - Do be sure to pay attention to the lab (out of many that does this testing) mentioned - Quest - which is known to have very poor Lyme testing!) Laboratory Blood-Based Testing for Lyme Disease at a National Reference Laboratory: A 7-Year Experience (2010-2016) "ABSTRACT Objectives We evaluated trends in Lyme disease (LD) testing at a national reference laboratory. Methods LD screening enzyme immunoassay and Western blot testing data performed at Quest Diagnostics during 2010 to 2016 were analyzed nationally and at the state level. Results Overall, 593,800 (11.3%) results were positive of 5,255,636 tests. There was an increase in the rate of positivity over the last 2 years of the study and an increase in the number of positive tests in 2016. Positive tests were observed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. New York had the most positive tests, whereas Connecticut had the highest positivity rate when normalized to state populations. Some states with historically low rates of LD (eg, Texas, Florida, and California) showed significant increases in testing and positivity rates over time. Conclusions LD testing and positivity have increased in recent years, including in states not historically associated with the disease.
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Post by alyeska on Apr 26, 2019 0:09:09 GMT
Yeah, and how many of those were false negatives? I’m so glad I have a textbook case with positive tests even though it took over a decade to get diagnosed. I don’t think anyone would have believed me otherwise. I feel so sorry for those people out there who are really sick yet no one believes them!
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Post by Admin/ Traveler on Apr 26, 2019 21:38:05 GMT
Oh, we must NEVER forget that these days, testing negative doesn't mean a thing for Lyme disease! One day, I'm being hopeful here, there will be a reliable test for Lyme as well as the other infections we often deal with. But in the 6 years of testing they are reporting for, nearly 600,000 people have tested positive through Quest Diagnostics - the WORST lab to use for this testing. Think how high those numbers must really be! Anyone that has chosen to read this thread, really needs to see this one as well - they are linked in a way: Estimation of cumulative number of PTLD cases in US...
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