Tick-Borne Disease Testing

Tick-Borne Disease Testing

Tick-borne diseases can be acquired throughout the United States from a variety of ticks, which carry and pass on different microorganisms to humans and animals. Symptoms may be generic and have overlap with other conditions, and therefore, be difficult to associate with a tick-borne disease.

• Tick-borne diseases have more than doubled in 13 years and are 77% of all vector-borne disease reports
• The most common tick-borne diseases (TBDs) in the United States are Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Bartonella infections, Ehrlichiosis, Rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), and Lyme disease
• Lyme Disease accounts for the majority (82%) of all tick-borne disease cases

Ticks usually need between 24 and 72 hours to effectively transmit any diseases they are carrying and, if found in time on the host, can be removed before they transmit infectious microorganisms to the host.

Because many symptoms of tickborne diseases are generic or mimic other conditions, these diseases often go undiagnosed for months, increasing the suffering and disease progression of the patient.

*Indiana and Florida residents only.