This is a strain of borrelia that could account for the negative testing some people get.
There is a paragraph where the founder of Igenex says that their Western Blots are sensitive enough to pick up STARI strains.
People in the South, people in the Midwest (even norhtern Midwest, because the article says that it was found on birds migrating to Canada): this could be important to know!
I live in the Midwest, so I never thought STARI would apply to me (the "S" stands for Southern).
I know some people question why it's important to use a highly sensitive lab, and this STARI aka Masters disease explains a lot.
So to those of us who obsess over our lack of positive this or that....these other strains of borrelia are out there!!!!
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Tincup
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YES!
There are over 300 known strains.
The standard tests on the market are only designed to test reaction to ONE strain!!!
So... you can have Lyme and you can test negative.
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Reading this made it really hit home, because while I knew there were other strains, I didn't realize they were in my backyard. I thought they were in other parts of the world!!!
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And these are only the ones they know about.
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