Interesting article on babesia

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/babesia-parasite-increasing-threat-blood-donations-fda-test-2015-8


Quote:

Two medical companies — IGeneX and Imugen — are each developing two types of tests to detect babesiosis. One type looks for Babesia microbes directly by detecting their DNA in a person’s blood. The other test looks for antibodies that a person’s body generates to fight Babesia.

The FDA refused to discuss either company’s products, since that would be against the law. Yet both manufacturers shared results with the FDA in May 2015 — and those results suggest the tests are upwards of 97% reliable and thousands of times more sensitive than current methods, the blood-under-a-microscope method. Kessler said “licensure should come in the next year” for both types of tests, but didn’t indicate the manufacturer.

I thought you might like that Trav. :)

It caught my attention due to the fact that I'd recently asked about which Igenex tests to order. And had read previous posts that stated the co-infection tests were unreliable enough to not warrant spending one's money on them.

Maybe that will change in the future as Igenex continues to develop their testing procedures.

I would so love that. I am currently treating with herbs based on initial symptoms of chills and fever, but test showed negative and I have no other symptoms. Would be great to know for sure.