Three new Lyme Disease tests on the horizon
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'Researchers at Columbia University are beginning a study of a new test for early Lyme disease.
The study is examining SpiroFind, a test developed in the Netherlands.'
"The nice thing about this test — if it works as we anticipate it will — is that you will be able to identify active infections in patients in early disease," said Dr. Brian Fallon, director of the Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center at Columbia University. "Right now, the tests are only 30-50 percent sensitive in early disease."
This was published by the Poughkeepsie Journal last year.
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/health/lyme-disease/2014/04/02/new-lyme-test-gets-study/7231729/
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http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20140403/NEWS01/304030023/New-Lyme-test-gets-study
Nanotrap® Lyme Antigen Test (Nanotrap® LA Test)A GAME CHANGING TOOL FOR LYME DISEASE DIAGNOSIS
There is a critical need for a fast, reliable, and accurate Lyme disease test
"The winds," says Dr. Richard Horowitz, medical director of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center, "are starting to change."
Horowitz believes that in the coming years, research will reveal that a vast number of other conditions commonly viewed as being distinct — such as arthritis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome — are linked to Lyme.
Dr. Kenneth Liegner, a Pawling-based internist, said treatments will also depend on better tests.
The above is an interesting article in the Poughkeepsie Journal link to the full article
Dr Brian Fallon Key note speaker at a Public Health England meeting in March 2015 said that these are exciting times, regarding research into Lyme Disease. He said that there were one or two promising tests being developed.
http://lookingatlyme.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/dr-fallon-presenting-at-lyme-disease.html The consequences of finding a reliable test for Lyme Disease could have a huge impact on the management of treatment for Lyme disease patients throughout the World. |
I have heard not to put all our hopes in this test... it may not be the dream answer
ReplyDeleteHi Lois P I am not sure which test you refer to but yes anyway because we still have no gold standard test 100% to find infection or rule it out. If we do get some better tests that would be a start - if we could stop more falling into the depths of this disease that would be a start and I think from what I remember of a talk about Spirofind it may be more effective in early disease.
ReplyDeleteI'd love the Nanotrap technology to be good as it finds active disease and that is much needed in late disease.
What a pity bench side microscopy is so dismissed by mainstream and yet so often used with other difficult organisms - I don't but the excuse it is not present in the blood or else why would xenodiagnosis have worked with the animal and human study maybe not in great numbers but those practising methods similar to Dr MacDonald seem to have verifiable results.
My wife took the Nano Trap test after 10 months of antibiotics. Shes cleared the bacteria. The test works. Shes healing. There is no other test for live Lyme.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, it does sound like an interesting and promising test.
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