Lyme disease, antiphospholipid antibodies and the future of diagnostics?

Outbreak News Interviews by Robert Herriman

Jul 10, 202624:04Health

Current Lyme disease tests look for antibodies produced by the immune system in response to Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria transmitted to humans by infected blacklegged ticks. My guest today says, "The problem is that the...

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