Affiliation:
1. Department of Natural Foci Diseases, Parasitological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovakia
Abstract
The study investigated the presence of Borrelia -specific antibodies captured in immune complexes (ICs) in patients with early Lyme disease manifested by erythema migrans. Out of 18 patients, 15 (83.3%) tested positive for polyethylene glycol-precipitated ICs containing IgM antibodies, while only 4 (22.2%) were IgG positive. These results are in accordance with our findings obtained by standard ELISA and recombinant blot, which indicated that ICs might be used for serological diagnosis of the early disease.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Genetics,Molecular Biology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,General Medicine,Immunology,Microbiology
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