A new test could help doctors detect Lyme disease sooner, which could help people receive more effective treatment.
Current tests for Lyme disease identify the antibodies that the body produces in response to an infection, but those antibodies can take weeks to appear. Tests can miss half of the positive cases in the first or second week and may only identify 85% of infections after a month, Gwynne told the newspaper.
In the recent study, Gwynne and colleagues found that the Lyme bacteria acquired fats from their surroundings and placed those fats on the bacteria’s surface. The fats – called phospholipids – create an immune response in people and animals. “We know the earlier you treat, the more likely you are to treat successfully,” Gwynne said. “Somewhere between 10-20% of people continue to have symptoms after they’ve been treated. That’s less likely to happen if you are treated early.”
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