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Table 7 Borrelia specific IgM line blots. Selected samples.

From: Population-based study of diagnostic assays for Borrelia infection: comparison of purified flagella antigen assay (Ideia™, Dako Cytomation) and recombinant antigen assay (Liaison®, DiaSorin)

  

Line blot

 

Total

Positive

Equivocal

Negative

EBV

Recombinant antigen positive Purified flagella antigen negative

1

1

-

-

-

Recombinant antigen equivocal Purified flagella antigen positive

2

2

-

-

-

Recombinant antigen negative, Purified flagella antigen positive

43 out of 48

11

4

24

4

Recombinant antigen negative, Purified flagella antigen equivocal

11 out of 16

7

-

4

-