Rapid antigen-based assay can detect tick-borne diseases before symptoms arise
Medical Xpress, Feb. 3, 2025
Medical Xpress reports on a quick test for tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses developed by researchers at UTMB and the University of Houston. In their paper, the group describes how an enzyme present in all groups of Rickettsia was used as a marker for a test that can quickly diagnose tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses.