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== Blood and other laboratory tests == ===United States=== *[http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/diagnosistesting/labtest/twostep/index.html Two-step Laboratory Testing Process]<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/diagnosistesting/labtest/twostep/index.html | title = Two-step Laboratory Testing Process{{!}} Lyme Disease {{!}} CDC | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|access-date=2018-09-03}}</ref> *[http://lymediseaseguide.org/types-of-lyme-disease-tests Types of Lyme Disease Tests]<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://lymediseaseguide.org/types-of-lyme-disease-tests | title = Types of Lyme Disease Tests | last = | first = | date = May 27, 2011 | website = lymediseaseguide.org|language=en-US| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2018-09-03}}</ref> *[http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/diagnosistesting/LabTest/OtherLab/index.html Laboratory tests that are not recommended]<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/diagnosistesting/LabTest/OtherLab/index.html | title = Laboratory tests that are not recommended{{!}} Lyme Disease {{!}} CDC | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|access-date=2018-09-03}}</ref> === United Kingdom === *BBC1 Lyme Disease Discussion - Some patients have waited up to 30 years for a correct diagnosis. [[National Health Service]] (NHS) services have only correctly identified the disease in a quarter of the patients. The blood tests are unreliable and often come back negative. The development of an accurate blood test is in need of research funding.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1-a8kowVkE&app=desktop | title = BBC1 Lyme Disease 27.02.2016 | last = Loukas | first = Demetrios | date = Feb 27, 2016 | website = YouTube| publisher = Katherine Allman|via=| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=}}</ref> *[[Department of Health and Social Care (UK)]] [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_106528.pdf Testing for Lyme Disease]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web | url = http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_106528.pdf | title=Testing for Lyme Disease | last = Donaldson | first = Liam | date = 2009 | website = webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk| page=4|type=PDF| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=}}</ref> ===False positives=== Several herpesviruses including [[varicella zoster virus]]<ref name="Feder1991" /><ref name="Woelfle1998" />, [[cytomegalovirus]], [[Epstein-Barr virus]],<ref name="Goossens1999" /> and [[Herpes simplex virus#HSV-2|HSV-2]]<ref name="Strasfeld2005" /> may cause false positives on Lyme Disease tests. === News media on unapproved tests === *2005, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/health/policy/unproved-lyme-disease-tests-prompt-warnings.html?_r=0 Unproved Lyme Disease Tests Prompt Warnings]<ref>{{Cite news |url =http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/health/policy/unproved-lyme-disease-tests-prompt-warnings.html?_r=0 | title = Unproved Lyme Disease Tests Prompt Warnings | last = Santora | first = Dan Hurley and Marc|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en}}</ref> *2013, [https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/10/20/many-tests-diagnose-lyme-but-proof-they/ISjAcxmZxkk2disi94ENfI/story.html Many tests to diagnose Lyme, but no proof they work]<ref>{{Cite news |url =https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/10/20/many-tests-diagnose-lyme-but-proof-they/ISjAcxmZxkk2disi94ENfI/story.html | title = Many tests to diagnose Lyme, but no proof they do - The Boston Globe | last = Daley | first = Beth | date = Oct 21, 2013|work=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=2018-09-03|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> *2013, [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/778482 Lyme Culture Test Causes Uproar]<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/778482 | title = Medscape Log In | last = Lyme Culture Test Causes Uproar | first = | date = | website = Medscape|url-access=registration| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2018-09-03}}</ref> *2014, [http://news.wgbh.org/post/federal-loopholes-compromise-lyme-disease-testing Federal Loopholes Compromise Lyme Disease Testing]<ref>{{Cite news |url =http://news.wgbh.org/post/federal-loopholes-compromise-lyme-disease-testing | title = Federal Loopholes Compromise Lyme Disease Testing | last = Daley|first = Beth | date = 2014-06-17|work=WGBH 89.7|access-date=2018-09-03| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | language=en}}</ref>
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