87278-8
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 87278-8 | ||
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| name | |||
| description | The pattern of reactive bands specific to IgM antibodies associated with Borrelia afzelii, B burgdorferi, and B garinii species in human serum. Antibodies against p39, OspC, Osp17 and VlsE antigens are characterized as highly specific for Borrelia species, whereas p41 shows only limited specificity. The presence of specific bands suggests a recent infection of Lyme disease. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Borrelia ViraStripe IgM assay, which uses native, purified antigens immobilized on a test strip to which patient antibodies, if present, will bind. Various manufacturers label this method as an immunoblot technique. LOINC uses the immunoblot (IB) method to mean that some electrophoretic/chromatographic separation occurs such that position (size) of the band is part of the laboratory assessment (as in Western blot). Because this assay does not involve a separation step but rather uses strips with pre-fixed antigens, the LOINC Method is Line blot. | ||
| status | ACTIVE | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Borrelia afzelii+burgdorferi+garinii Ab.IgM band pattern | ||
| property | Imp = Impression/interpretation of study | ||
| time | Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements. | ||
| system | Ser = Serum | ||
| scale | Nom = Nominal: Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody. | ||
| method | Line blot = Line blot: A membrane strip pre-coated with a specific set of antigens in parallel lines that are incubated with antibodies in order to detect the targets of interest. | ||
Additional Names | |||
| short name | ABS; Aby; Antby; Anti; Antibodies; Antibody; Autoantibodies; Autoantibody; B afz+burg+gari; B afzelii; Bands; bnd; ID; IgM Patrn; Immune globulin M; Immunoglobulin M; Impression; Impression/interpretation of study; Impressions; Infectious Disease; Infecti | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | MICRO | ||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||
| order vs. observation | B afz+burg+gari | ||
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History/Usage | |||
| first released | |||
| last updated | 2.67 | ||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||
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