According to the documentation the system is available today. Seems to be a much more sensitive testing method then elisa or western blot, which isn't saying too much.
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In the first link, it was interesting to see that they viewed autoimmunity as a stage in H. pylori infection that could be followed by gastric cancer. But this insight does not seem to have carried over to their other autoimmunity discussions.
This seems significant to me that continuing infection is connected to autoimmunity. Not a common view. Too bad they have not explored this further since the benefits of their test would then only reveal autoimmune diseases before clinical symptoms. Who is going to go on a fishing expedition like this with no symptoms?
Furthermore, the second link on the lyme test is still an antibody test, right? How useful is this for people whose immune systems are no longer producing antibodies, as seems to be the case with late stage chronic lyme.
As far as replacing the current two step CDC approved process for testing with something more accurate, if there was such a thing, this is not going to happen. That process was developed to REDUCE the number of cases diagnosed. They do not want more accurate testing. They claim that this two step process of ELISA followed by WB is only meant for surveillance, not diagnosis in a doctors office, but it is still widely done, to the detriment of public health. They know this and do not actually want any change.
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Lou I absolutely agree with you. In the literature explicitly states it is for a diagnosis of early stage lyme only. Not exactly sure what early stage means.
It's something to be vigilant about when the IDS starts pushing this to replace elisa and western blot for something that might be even less effective.
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