merrygirl
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My doc ran this test after he told me I was Lyme positive. Can someone tell me in plain english what this test is looking for and why is it helpful? This is right off the labs website
Lyme Disease C6 Antibodies: This ELISA detects IgG and IgM antibodies to the C6 peptide, the immunodominant antigen of the VlsE surface protein of Borrelia species
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merrygirl
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cantgiveupyet
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did you get your results? was the c6 positive.
Mine was .21 which is negative, but i still dont understand why anything would show up on this test at all wouldnt negative be 0?
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