Description
Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium of the Spirochaetaceae, is the etiologic agent of Lyme disease (Borreliosis),
Borreliosis is the most common disease in Europe and the USA transmitted by tics (Ixodes). IgM antibodies usually appear approximately three weeks after the infection, IgG antibodies after four to six weeks. Lyme borreliosis can be treated with antibiotics in all stages. Infections with all three B. burgdorferi subspecies (garinii, afzelii and sensu strictu) are detected.
The Borrelia IgM test can be used for the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis in the acute and chronic stage of the disease both requiring therapy.
