Bob
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I thought that Lyme disease is a clear-cut disease universally recognized including by the CDC.My point is that Lyme is not a well accepted disease. Ask any IDSA infectious disease dr. Ask any hospital dr to see if they consider Lyme as a differential diagnosis for any patient for whom they are not sure of their diagnosis. At least here in Canada, it is not mainstream. Igenex testing is not recommended (too many false positive, apparently).
My view here is that well defined viral onset ME needs to be studies here, and that should they introduce another patient population as control, then a non-controversial, well defined disease population needs to be used, or none at all. (Multiple sclerosis, lupus, Sjogrens comes to mind)
Does Canada not recognise Lyme disease?
I understand that there may be many false negative diagnoses, but that's irrelevant for this study.
And I understand that it is thought some labs may give false-positive results, but that's also irrelevant.