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lymequestion
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What is the difference between Band 41 "reactive" rather than "positive" or "negative" on a test?
What does this mean, or is it a loose interpretation?

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Patrick
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My understanding is that reactive and positive are the same. I had one of each from the two different labs we used, Quest and Igenex.

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CaliforniaLyme
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But band 41 has no significance re Lyme.

Lyme is a clinical diagnosis.

Even if you had a CDC positive WB it is still an antibody test so even a CDC positive does not constitute actual infection.

A PCR is DIRECT detection of the spirochete and DOES constitute actual infection, but the sensitivity is VERY VERY low. Someone with active Lyme could take a PCR test 20 times in a row and only get ONE positive...

So now you understand why we say that Lyme tests suck*)!!!!!!! They do*)!

Glenn Edward Killion tested negative repeatedly even in spinals but they found spirochetes in him when he died.

That is why it is important that Lyme remain a clinical diagnosis. So no more Glenn EKs exist.

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