Re: IGeneX Labs


pmerv@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> At the recent ILADS conference, according to Jyotsna Shah, PhD, CMLD,
> MBA, Vice President of Research and Development Dept. and Laboratory
> Director of Clinical Reference Laboratory,,

Uh do you know what the term "self serving" means? Do you realize (and
you made it confusing here) that he WORKS FOR IGENEX?

>IGeneX scored better than
> 95% in the stringent NY proficiency tests from 2001-2005. Out of 58
> labs, only IGeneX had a perfect score on Western blot proficiency. In
> recent tests for 327 patients, 238 were identified as positive by
> IGeneX criteria. Only 112 would have been correctly diagnosed using the
> CDC surveillance criteria.

Well that conflates several important concepts.

One is that proficiency testing is NOT the same as validation.

Two, it ASSUmes that the Igenex testing is correct--so it is
tautological.

> In testimony given at the Informational Hearing on Lyme Disease: Issues
> in Diagnosis and Reporting, Wednesday, February 25, 2004, to the
> California Legislature Senate Committee on Health and Human Services
> (Deborah V. Ortiz, Chair) Dr. Shah offered the following:
>
> "For the year 2003, just to give you an idea, we had tested 698
> patients suspected of Lyme disease. Three hundred and ninety-four were
> positive by either Western blot or antigen test or PCR. If we had gone
> by the CDC criteria only, we would have missed 70 percent of this 394
> cases."

Again, that puts the cart before the horse and ASSUMES that the Igenex
testing and standards are correct. It proves nothing other than a
disturbing view of "logic" where the tautology of self fulfilling
prophecy is used to try to ask and answer the same question.

I'm disturbed that he thinks this is "logical" if he does and if he
doesn't then it is DELIBERATLY misleading.

I'll assume it is bad logic.

Either way, it is disturbing.

> In other words, 56% of the Lyme disease tests performed by IGeneX
> Laboratory in 2003 were positive.

And???

> This testimony is on the public record and is available online as part
> of the recording of the complete hearing at www.calchannel.com. Go to
> Search Archive, Browse by Month (February 2004), then to February 25th
> (listed as 022504), Senate Info- Hearing, Health and Human Services -
> Lyme Disease and hit "watch."

So?

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: How hard is this to understand? Why doesnt the LDA seem to know how to diagnose Lyme disease?
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    ... At the recent ILADS conference, according to Jyotsna Shah, PhD, CMLD, ... Vice President of Research and Development Dept. and Laboratory ... Director of Clinical Reference Laboratory,, IGeneX scored better than ... In testimony given at the Informational Hearing on Lyme Disease: ...
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