• How Should Patients Prepare For The Tickborne Test?
• Can Lyme disease testing detect antibodies from 10-20 years ago?
• Why doesn't VIbrant report titers on the Tickborne test?
• Why am I seeing more positive Powassan virus results on the Tickborne test?
• On the Tickborne test, I tested positive for Borrelia yangtzensis but haven't traveled to Asia.
• Why is there never a value of zero antibodies?
• Can the Tickborne test tell me if the infection was dead or alive?
• The Tickborne test detected Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii but I've never been to Europe and Asia. How is that possible?
• How long should I wait to test after a suspected tick bite?
• What is the difference between ImmunoBlot and Immunochip? Why does Vibrant use Immunochip?
• Does Vibrant's Tickborne Test use Western blot or ELISA? If not, what technology is used?
• Should I stop taking binders before collecting a blood sample for the Tickborne 2.0 test?
• What species of Tick Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) are included on Vibrant's Lyme Plus TBRF panel?
• What does TBRF stand for?
• What is the difference between Tickborne 1.0 and Tickborne 2.0?
• Will having Syphilis make a Lyme test positive?
• Can the Tickborne test differentiate a Lyme spirochete from a Syphilis spirochete?
• Are there any issues with cross reactivity within the 16 species on the Lyme & TBRF panel?
• Why do the Tickborne and Gut Zoomer tests use real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and not next generation sequencing (NGS)?
• Can anaplasmosis be a chronic, persistent, or dormant infection?
• My Lyme test was positive last year, but negative this year. How long do Lyme disease antibodies persist?
• Can taking an antibiotic alter the results on the Infections Panel?
• Is there an advantage of looking at RNA vs PCR?
• Can taking antiparasitic medications impact Vibrant's Tickborne and Co-Infections results?
• Will antifungals interfere with Vibrant's Tickborne test?
• Will antivirals impact Vibrant's Tickborne and Co-Infection results?
• Will antibiotics impact my Tickborne test results?
• Can tick bites give me alpha-gal allergy?
• What is alpha-gal allergy and how is it linked to red meat allergy?
• Does Vibrant offer any testing for alpha-gal allergy?