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Does anyone know if you can get tested in the United States for the Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus?
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The New York State Department of Health Web site says it offers testing for Powassan virus, which is the only recognized tick-borne flavivirus in the United States that I know of. Its known geography is in the northern northeast and northern midwest states.
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I was tested for deer tick virus/powassen and came up negative. However, there ought to be more testing of people with tickborne diseases to see if some of us might have it. No one is doing this in an organized way.
BTW, TBE can be acquired by traveling to Europe or other places where it exists. So, travelers might be getting a flavivirus that is not known to be in the U.S. In Russia, for instance, there are published accounts of lyme and TBE coinfections.
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Where can one test for deer tick virus?
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john, copying this here but my eyes are acting up so not sure what i'm seeing here from IGENEX on tests they do!
from www.igenex.com site and code nos. ***************************************
Test # Description (Name) CPT Code
LYME TESTS (B. burgdorferi)
170
C6 Peptide-B. burgdorferi
86618
230
Lyme IgG/IgM/IgA Screen (IFA)*
86618
183
Lyme Serology IgG/IgM Serology is performed only in conjunction with Western Blots.
86618
195
Lyme Serology IgM Serology is performed only in conjunction with Western Blots.
86618
188
Lyme Western Blot IgM
86617
189
Lyme Western Blot IgG
86617
488
31 kDa Epitope Test IgM*
86617
489
31 kDa Epitope Test IgG*
86617
800
Lyme DOT BLOT Assay (LDA) - 1 Sample*
87449
802
Lyme DOT BLOT Assay (LDA) - 2 Samples*
87449 X 2
805
Lyme DOT BLOT Assay (LDA) - 3 Samples*
87449 X 3
MULTIPLEX PCR (B. burgdorferi)
456
Whole Blood
87800,87801
453
Serum
87800,87801
450
Urine
87800,87801
465
Urine (Pooled from 3 samples)
87800,87801
459
Cerebral Spinal Fluid
87800,87801
462
Miscellaneous (Tissue, Breast Milk, etc)
87800,87801 BARTONELLA henselae TESTS
285
Bartonella henselae IgG/IgM Antibody
86611 x 2
280
Bartonella henselae PCR - whole blood
87471 BABESIOSIS TESTS
200
Antibody for Babesia microti IgG & IgM
86317 X 2
720
Antibody for Babesia duncani IgG & IgM *
86317 x 2
663
Babesia PCR Panel (B microti and B duncani)
87797, 87798 x 2
640
Babesia FISH (RNA)
88365
EHRLICHIOSIS TESTS
203
HME (Monocytic) IgG & IgM Antibody
86317 X 2
770
HME PCR - Whole Blood
87797,87798
206
HGE (Anaplasma phagocytophila) IgG & IgM Antibody
86317 X 2
775
HGE PCR - Whole Blood
87797,87798
RICKETTSIA
965
Rickettsia rickettsii/typhi IgG Antibody*
86757 x 2
998
Rickettsia PCR - Whole Blood
87797, 87798 x 2
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM -- (Cerebral Spinal Fluid)
459
Lyme PCR - CSF
87800,87801
810
Lyme DOT BLOT Assay - CSF*
87449
281
Bartonella henselae - CSF
87471
986
Rickettsia PCR - CSF
87797, 87798 x 2
TICK TESTING
140
TICK TEST by PCR for B. burgdorferi
689
TICK TEST by PCR-Babesia (B microti and/or B duncani)
148
TICK TEST by PCR for Ehrlichia
290
TICK TEST by PCR for Bartonella henselae
975
TICK TEST by PCR for Rickettsia
* Test not currently available in New York State
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Another note, my daughter was blood tested for TBE here in Switzerland. She had many of TBE symptoms after a tick bite last May. But her blood tests came negative.
She had headaches, high fever, spine pains and the problem lasted about 3 weeks, with a short interval in between (that is how acute infection occurs in most cases).
I suspect that the blood tests get just one strain, and if there's any genetic mutation in the strain, you'll get a negative.
What is known here is only the acute phase of the disease (viral), nothing is known (that I know) about any possible chronic disease caused by the virus.
I tested her energetically, and the answer was positive. So I treated her with the help of my doctor, with anti viral treatment. We also used ingestable nosodes of FSME (the German name for TBE).
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