Cross-Reactive Antibodies and False-Positive Serology in Tick-Borne Disease Testing
Understanding Borrelia, Bartonella, and Babesia Beyond the Lab Report Serologic testing for tick-borne diseases is among the most challenging areas of infectious disease diagnostics. Patients frequently present with antibody positivity to multiple organisms, sometimes across completely different types of pathogens, raising concerns about coinfection, reinfection, or persistent disease. In practice, however, cross-reactive antibodies and immune-driven […]