Evaluation of Modified 2-Tiered Serodiagnostic Testing Algorithms for Early Lyme Disease

Background: The conventional 2-tiered serologic testing protocol for Lyme disease (LD), an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) followed by immunoglobulin M and immunoglobulin G Western blots, performs well in late-stage LD but is insensitive in patients with erythema migrans (EM), the most common manifestation... View More