Improvement of Lyme Borreliosis Agent Indication Methods

On the basis of silica - aluminosilicate, modified by carboxymethylated lignin and carbodiimide, obtained are the composite microgranulated magnetic immunoadsorbents (MIA) with high adsorption activity, which are characterized by the standardized structural characteristics and mechanical strength. Application of MIAs makes it possible, at the stage of tick samples preparation, to eliminate various admixtures via reiterative irrigations of the sorbent with the infectious agent fixed on it. Therefore negative influence of admixtures on the performed analysis is excluded, and the target agent is concentrated to the maximum limit. Thus the specificity and sensitivity of PCR-analysis enhances.

Lyme Borreliosis, ticks, Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor marginatus, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., polymerase chain reaction, magnetic immunoadsorbents, indication

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