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Can you trust Lyme disease tests?
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:18 am
by NHE
The New England Center for Investigative Reporting has written an article discussing Lyme disease tests.
http://features.necir.org/lymediseasetesting
Re: Can you trust Lyme disease tests?
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:56 pm
by TeresaL
From what I have read...Igenex lab in CA has the most accurate Lyme testing. There are a 100 different strains of Lyme. Quest and lab corp doesn't test against that many strains. So what happens if you have a strain that quest or lab corp doesnt test for...you have a false negative!
Re: Can you trust Lyme disease tests?
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:48 pm
by centenarian100
I have a great idea for a business. Just invent a lyme disease test that is always positive (100% sensitivity, <1% specificity) and charge $1,000 for it. It will undoubtedly gain popularity because people will always get the result they desire. Who wants to be tested for lyme and receive a disappointing "negative" or "indeterminate" result? Nobody! The test will be perceived as an "accurate" test that "picks up cases which other more primitive tests miss." We can market it as "testing for more strains" and so forth.
