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Test for Persistent Lyme Infection Using Live Ticks Shown Safe in Clinical Study
In a first-of-its-kind study for Lyme disease, NIAID researchers and colleagues used live, larval ticks to see if Lyme disease bacteria can be detected in people who continue to experience symptoms after completing antibiotic therapy. The technique, called xenodiagnosis, was well tolerated by volunteers, but the investigators could not find evidence of viable Lyme bacteria in most cases where enough ticks were collected to make testing possible.
More information about the findings from this pilot study is available here: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/
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