Figure 3.  Comparison of antibody reactivity to various B. burgdorferi antigens. The dark bars are from 186 patients with clinically confirmed Lyme disease and the light bars are from 320 normal controls. Reproduced by permission from Ma B, Christen B, Leung D, Vigo-Pelfrey C. Serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis by Western immunoblot: reactivity of various significant antibodies against B. burgdorferi. J Clin Microbial 1992; 30: 370-76.

Nick S Harris, An Understanding of Laboratory Testing for Lyme Disease, Journal of Spirochetal and Tick-borne Diseases, Volume 5, Spring/Summer 1998

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