Preferred Label : Borrelia afzelii burgdorferi garinii Ab.IgG & IgM panel:-:Pt:Ser:-:Line blot;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC display name : B. afzelii burgdorferi garinii IgG and IgM panel Line blot (S);
LOINC long common name : Borrelia afzelii burgdorferi garinii IgG and IgM panel - Serum by Line blot;
LOINC short name : B afz burg gari IgG IgM Pnl Ser Ln blot;
LOINC description : This test aids in diagnosis of Lyme disease caused by an infection with Borrelia species
endemic to Europe and Asia, including B garinii, B afzelii, or B burgdorferi. The
panel contains the qualitative results for the detection of IgM and IgG-class antibodies
to B garinii, B afzelii, and B burgdorferi as well as the band patterns identified.
The assay detects but does not differentiate between the species. The presence of
specific bands suggests a recent infection of Lyme disease. This panel set was created
for, but not limited in use to, the Borrelia ViraStripe IgG & IgM assay, which uses
native, purified antigens immobilized on a test strip to which patient antibodies,
if present, will bind. Various manufacturers label this method as an immunoblot technique.
LOINC uses the immunoblot (IB) method to mean that some electrophoretic/chromatographic
separation occurs such that position (size) of the band is part of the laboratory
assessment (as in Western blot). Because this assay does not involve a separation
step but rather uses strips with pre-fixed antigens, the LOINC Method is Line blot.;
Origin ID : 87274-7;
UMLS CUI : C4532503;
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