AcuDart tests have a sensitivity greater than 90%, making them more accurate than any other DTC test or tests from commercial laboratories such as LabCorp or Quest. The AcuDart Lyme Disease Screening Test is the most comprehensive and accurate test available for Lyme because it identifies antibodies to the following nine Borrelia species: B. burgdorferi B31, B. burgdorferi 297, B. californiensis, B. mayonii, B. afzelii, B. garinii, B. spielmanii, B. bissettii and B. valaisianaa. Most Lyme disease tests look for only one species, B. burgdorferi B31, and therefore miss many positive cases.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by the bite of an infected deer tick. It is one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States, affecting nearly 500,000 people annually across all 50 states. Untreated Lyme disease can produce a wide range of symptoms, depending on the stage of infection. These include fever, rash, facial paralysis, and arthritis.