The Lyme part of it uses C6 peptide technology. IDEXX also offers quantitative C6 testing as a follow up to see if canine Lyme treatment was successful. Their site implies that a drop below 30 indicates a successful Lyme treatment.

Since C6 testing does not seem to be used by the LLMDs I am curious why it's caught on for canine testing.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Thanks,

My first doctor who treated me for Lyme used this test. I had one about every 2 months and I feel that it was pretty accurate in showing the level of lyme load based on my immune response.

Unfotunately, this doc didn't treat properly for the coinfections and I didn't get better even though my Lyme load got lower. I've now been treated for Babs and am feeling a whole lot better.

I liked the C6 peptide assay. I thought it was really good. My latest doc hasn't tested me at all since the first time I went.

The C6 isn't considered a diagnostic test for humans for some reason. It's just never really caught on. The accuracy was shown to be pretty good in a few clinical trials. Better than the ELISA at least.

KLP