LOINC display name : B. afzelii burgdorferi garinii IgM Line blot Ql (S);
LOINC long common name : Borrelia afzelii burgdorferi garinii IgM Ab [Presence] in Serum by Line blot;
LOINC short name : B afz burg gari IgM Ser Ql Line blot;
LOINC description : Qualitative detection of IgM antibodies against Borrelia afzelii, B burgdorferi, and
B garinii species in human serum. This test does not differentiate between the Borrelia
species. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Borrelia ViraStripe
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.;