Babesia microti antibody panel

Alphabetical Test listing

Babesia microti antibody panel-13524

  
Babesia microti antibody panel
  
13524
  
LAB13524
  
BAB
  
BABESIA
Babesia antibody
Babesia IgM, IgG
Babesia microti antibodies, IgG & IgM
  
Babesia IgG
Babesia, IgM
  

Screening assay for Babesia microti infection or exposure

  

The diagnosis of acute babesiosis cannot be confirmed solely by the presence of Babesia antibody in a serum sample collected at a single time point. Antibody detection by serologic testing can provide supportive evidence for the diagnosis of babesiosis but does not reliably distinguish between active and prior infection.

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Labcorp. It has not been cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

  
Serum
  
  
1.0 mL
  
0.2 mL
  

Immediately following collection, mix sample by gently inverting 5 times

  
  1. Allow sample to clot for a minimum of 30 minutes
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  

Gold serum separator (SST) tube

  
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin
  3. Transfer serum to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as serum, within two (2) hours of sample collection
  
  

Ambient (preferred) - 14 days

Refrigerated - 14 days

Frozen - 14 days

Freeze/Thaw Cycle: x 4

  
  • Extensive hemolysis
  • Lipemia
  • Clotted specimen
  • Quantity not sufficient for analysis
  • Leaking or broken tube
  • Frozen gel-barrier tube
  
LabCorp Burlington (138315): R-LC
  
Mo - Fr
  
2 - 4 days
  

Immunofluorescence assay (IFA)

  

Negative: < 1:10

  

  
86753 x 2
  
Babesia microti IgM: 9585-1
Babesia microti IgG: 9584-4
  
03/27/2019
  
12/20/2023
  
07/12/2023