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Types of Lyme Disease Tests. There are a number of different types of Lyme disease tests, all with varying degrees of accuracy, and applications in a variety of patient scenarios.nproven Lyme Tests. Types of tests for Lyme disease which remain unproven include antigen Lyme tests and PCR tests on urine, immunofluorescent staining for those forms of Borrelia bacteria that are cell-wall-deficient, and a new LTT-MELISA test.
Causes of Chronic Lyme Disease. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi. You can become infected if a tick that carries the bacteria bites you. Typically, black-legged ticks and deer ticks spread this disease. These ticks collect the bacteria when they bite diseased mice or deer.