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. 2024 Oct 14;16(10):e71445. doi: 10.7759/cureus.71445

Table 1. Laboratory investigations.

Ig: immunoglobulin; ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; OspA: outer surface protein A; OspB: outer surface protein B; BmpA: Borrelia burgdorferi basic membrane protein A

Test Result Biological reference
Western blot band (kDa)
31 (OspA) Positive Negative
34 (OspB) Positive Negative
39 (BmpA protein) Positive Negative
41 (flagellin B protein) Positive Negative
Borrelia IgM (ELISA) 1.7 index <0.9 = negative >1.1 = positive