Table 2.
A comparison of the symptoms with the immunoblot IgG and IgM positive categories from Lyme borreliosis positive cases
| Symptoms | No. of positive | Rates of positivity | p100b | VlsEb | p41/bb | p39b | OspAb | OspCa,b |
p41/gb | p41/afb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | b/af | g | ||||||||||
| Skin rash, fever, pain | 35 | 66.0 | 5, 14 | 8, 16 | 19, 23 | 3, 5 | 4, 4 | 5, 20 | 6, 13 | 5, 12 | 7, 12 | 5, 4 |
| Neuropathy, paralysis, meningoencephalitis | 15 | 28.3 | 3, 4 | 1, 3 | 5, 11 | 0, 1 | 3, 1 | 4, 5 | 3, 2 | 3, 4 | 4, 4 | 5, 3 |
| Arthritis, knee pain, swelling | 3 | 5.7 | 0, 1 | 0, 1 | 1, 1 | 0, 0 | 0, 0 | 0, 1 | 1, 1 | 1, 1 | 0, 1 | 0, 0 |
| Total | 53 | 100 | 30 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 16 |
a
Genus specific recombinant antigens; g = B. garinii; b = B. burgdorferi; af = B. afzelii;
b
The numbers in the antigen column indicate the number of cases in which IgG and IgM, separated by a comma, were detected.