Epitogen Lyme Tests

A game-changing solution for accurate Lyme disease diagnosis.

 

Using a peptide-based precision (120  epitopes corresponding to 37 Borrelia antigens), our tests exhibit a marked improvement in sensitivity, outperforming existing commercial assays without a loss in specificity.

Epitogen Lyme IgG kit         Code: EGX96LD1

Epitogen Lyme IgM kit        Code: EGX96LD2

 

Product Details:       

Indirect ELISA kit for the measurement of Anti-Borrelia burgdorferi IgG in Citrate plasma, Heparin Plasma, Serum samples.

  • Purpose: detection of total antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi
  • Reactivity: Borrelia burgdorferi
  • Detection Method: Colorimetric
  • Method Type: Indirect ELISA
  • Analytical Method: Qualitative
  • Specificity: 95.5% for IgG and 93.9% for IgM
  • Sensitivity: 93.3% for IgG and 56% for IgM

 

Kit Components:

  • Borrelia burgdorferi Coated Microplate (12 x 8 wells): 1 x 1 Unit
  • Anti-IgG HRP Conjugate: 1 x 0.12 mL
  • Negative Control: 1 x 0.5 mL
  • Positive Control: 1 x 0.5 mL
  • Diluent additive: 1 x 1 mL
  • Washing Buffer Solution (10x): 1 x 100 mL
  • Secondary Diluent: 1 x 11.5 mL
  • Sample Diluent: 1 x 14.5 mL
  • Stop Solution: 1 x 12 mL
  • TMB Substrate Solution: 1 x 12 mL

 

Note: ELISA plate, coated with antigen, can be purchased alone without the remainder of the kit.

Performance

 

Our tests demonstrate higher accuracy in the detection of antibodies to Burgdorferi antigens. Specificity was confirmed against 198 samples including Cytomegalovirus, EBV, Syphilis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Multiple sclerosis and healthy. Sensitivity was confirmed against 171 Lyme disease samples including early Lyme cases.

 

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