Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology · View the paper (DOI)
A rapid microfluidic test can diagnose Lyme disease with similar performance to the standard 2-tiered approach in a much shorter time. The test uses a combination of three proteins to identify antibodies specific to the B. burgdorferi bacterium in the serum.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- New test diagnoses Lyme disease within 15 minutes Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science · Oct 10, 2019 · first to report
- Scientists work toward a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Lyme disease NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · Oct 16, 2019