[Detection of anti-BB antibodies in human sera by VIDAS system]

Lyme disease is an infectious disease just known in the latest decade. The sera of people from various origins were detected for Anti-BB antibodies (IgM+IgG) by VIDAS system. The results are as follows: Of 83 sera from the health-cared people, 8 were positive (9.6%); of 20 sera from the patients clinical diagnosed as tuberculosis, none was positive; of 46 sera from the patients clinical diagnosed or suspected as node diseases, 4 were positive (8.7%); of 57 sera from the patients with various ophthalmologic diseases, 13 were positive (22.8%); of 15 sera from the patients with stomatologic diseases, 4 were positive (26.7%); of 17 sera from the patients with various diseases including dermomyositis, liver and spleen swelling, undefined febrile diseases; lung cancer, lung shadow, etc.), 2 were positive (11.8%); of 16 sera from the people highly suspected with lyme disease living in the epidemic areas of Xin Jiang and Hei Long Jiang provinces, 12 were positive (75%). The same 165 sera samples were detected at the same time by VIDAS System and IFA, 24 were positive by VIDAS System (14.5%), and 131 positive by IFA (79%), the accordance rate was only 32.7%.