Preferred Label : Borrelia afzelii burgdorferi garinii Ab.IgM band pattern:Imp:Pt:Ser:Nom:Line blot;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC display name : B. afzelii burgdorferi garinii IgM band pattern Line blot (S) [Interp];
LOINC long common name : Borrelia afzelii burgdorferi garinii IgM band pattern [Interpretation] in Serum by
Line blot;
LOINC short name : B afz burg gari IgM Ptrn Ser Line blot;
LOINC description : The pattern of reactive bands specific to IgM antibodies associated with Borrelia
afzelii, B burgdorferi, and B garinii species in human serum. Antibodies against p39,
OspC, Osp17 and VlsE antigens are characterized as highly specific for Borrelia species,
whereas p41 shows only limited specificity. The presence of specific bands suggests
a recent infection of Lyme disease. 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.;
Origin ID : 87278-8;
UMLS CUI : C4532511;
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