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Innovative Test for Lyme Disease Offers Hope for Faster Diagnosis
The new droplet digital PCR tests detect as few as 5–10 Borrelia bacteria cells and showed 90.9% sensitivity, improving Lyme disease diagnosis over traditional methods.
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Lyme Disease ddPCR Test Detects Active Infection with Over 90% Sensitivity
Researchers at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center have developed a new test that could diagnose Lyme disease earlier and more accurately than currently available testing methods. Results presented today at the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) 2025 Annual Meeting & Expo show this new test achieved 90.9% sensitivity in a small set of samples. This represents a major improvement when compared to two-tiered serology testing, the current dia…
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