Re: Cross reactivity of OspB is Equivocal?!

LymeRayja wrote:
Excuse me Nutcracker-Martijn, what is the source of your "information"
that the specific bands are "not specific". I hope it is not the
corrupt Dr John Nowakowski.

No need to say such things repeatedly. Please concentrate on the subject.

If Osp A is not specific, why did they make a vaccine out of it which
was given to US patients, and why are they preparing to market one in
Europe now too?

Maybe 100% specificity isn't needed for vaccines?

Lisa

Check this out:

http://www.igenex.com/innovations3.pdf

Fig 1: Comparison of the Frequency of Antibody Reactivity to
Various B. burgdorferi Protein Bands Between Lyme Patients,
Syphilis and Normal Controls.

As you can see, several "specific" bands cross-react with Syhilis controls.
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