Cross-reactivity between Lyme and syphilis screening assays: Lyme disease does not cause false-positive syphilis screens

Glenn Patriquin, Jason LeBlanc, Charles Heinstein, Catherine Roberts, Robbin Lindsay, Todd F. Hatchette

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Abstract

Increased rates of Lyme disease and syphilis in the same geographic area prompted an assessment of screening test cross-reactivity. This study supports the previously described cross-reactivity of Lyme screening among syphilis-positive sera and reports evidence against the possibility of false-positive syphilis screening tests resulting from previous Borrelia burgdorferi infection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)184-186
Number of pages3
JournalDiagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume84
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1 2016

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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