As a Thomas Jefferson High School student in 2010, Temple Douglas recognized the possibility for a better Lyme Disease test. Several members of her family had Lyme disease and "I recognized the need," she said.
"I've now graduated from college," Douglas told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, June 23, "so in the five years it’s gone from an idea to a research project to a clinical trial and now it’s available commercially."
The test, which has achieved close to a 100 percent sensitivity for early stage Lyme Disease detection according to Supervisor Pat Herrity, has already been performed on numerous patients in Northern Virginia.
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