This test looks for antibodies to the Lyme disease bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. These antibodies may appear when you have come in contact with the Lyme disease bacterium which is transmitted by a bite from an infected deer tick also known as the black-legged tick.
The Lyme disease spiral bacterium (spirochete) is known as Borrelia burgdorferi.
Download and print your pathology form from your i-screen dashboard.
Take your form to one of our affiliated collection centres to have your sample taken.
You do not need to fast for this blood test.