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This article is from the Lyme Disease FAQ, by Milo7 with numerous contributions by others.

2.04 What tests are used to support a clinical diagnosis of Lyme disease?

Lyme disease is a CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS, a diagnosis based primarily on a
doctor's judgment of a patient's presentation of signs and symptoms and
history of illness, and secondly supported by laboratory tests. Since there
is currently no gold-standard diagnostic test for Lyme disease, and
existing tests for Lyme disease remain unreliable, laboratory testing
serves as an adjunct to the doctor's clinical diagnosis of Lyme disease.

For information on laboratory testing:

The LDF (See Diseases/LD/How is LD diagnosed?)
http://www.lyme.org/

Testing for Lyme Disease - Links
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/testing-links.html

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