Hypernyms (amputation is a kind of...): operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
A kit which employs FITC- or enzyme-labeled monoclonal antibodies for use in a DFA or EIA procedure is available for detection of whole parasites in fluids. A latex agglutination test for antigen detection in vaginal swab specimens is available; the manufacturer's evaluation indicated good sensitivity and specificity.
Lab tests can detect two different classes of antibody, IgM and IgG. 1  B. burgdorferi IgM (immunoglobulin M) antibodies are usually detectable in the blood about two to three weeks after exposure. 2  IgM levels increase to maximum concentrations at about six weeks and then begin to decline.