Lyme Disease Diagnostics Methods Continues To Get Better With Research And Development Activities
Lyme Disease Diagnostics Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The name was derived from the town called Lime in Connecticut, the USA where the first case was reported. This bacterium can be found in several parts of the U.S. As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 476,000 new cases of Lyme disease are recorded across the U.S. Lyme disease is the most common infection reported in children. There are several symptoms of Lyme disease. Lyme disease has several subtypes, namely, epidemic, tick-borne, subspecies, and western malaria. Lyme Disease Diagnostics is made through a comprehensive clinical judgment made by a health care practitioner who includes an examination of a physical exam, a blood test, lab tests, and consultation of a physician. In late Lyme disease, one may make the diagnosis of Lyme infection with near 100% certainty if the growing tick-borne red round rash is present. In some cases, laboratory t...