[Usefulness of serological studies for the early diagnosis of Lyme disease in Primary Health Care Centres].

CONCLUSIONS: The role of the PHCC doctor is essential for achieving an early diagnosis of Lyme disease, as a higher percentage of seropositives was detected in samples submitted from PHCC. Furthermore, most early localised LD patients were diagnosed in PHCC, avoiding the appearance of sequelae. Therefore, detection of Borrelia specific antibodies using an ELISA assay is a useful screening test for patients at risk of LD. PMID: 28476293 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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