Pathology - Help me understand my test results for lyme.

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Help me understand my test results for lyme.

stryped@hotmail.com

2006-04-17, 1:20 pm

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Thanks. I just received my results. I had the "Lyme, Western Blot
Serum"

It said: p93 - Absent
p66 - Absent
p58 - Absent
p45- Absent
p41 Present
p39 Present
p30 Absent
p28-Absent
p23 - Absent
p18 Present

Lyme IgG WB Interp. = Negative

Then there was this:

Lyme Ab IgM by WB:
p41 - Absent
p39 - Absent
p23 - Absent

Lyme IgM WB Interp. Negative

What exactly on p41, p39, and p18 did I test positive to? Antibodies?
Are there other things that can cause you to test positive to those
other then lyme?

I appreciate any advice!