Our Tick Testing Data

Each tick submitted for testing contributes to the research being conducted here at TickCheck. By keeping records of all the results generated, we have been able to gain valuable insights into disease prevalence and co-infection rates. The comprehensive testing panel has been especially helpful in contributing to this research by ensuring all diseases and coinfections are accounted for when examining a tick. Our current research shows that 72% of tick tested are infected with at least one disease causing organism, 45% are co-infected with two or more, 17% carry three or more, and 7% of the ticks tested carry four or more.

Infection Visualization by Tick Species

Ixodes scapularis (deer tick)

86% Positive for Infection

Negative (14%)

Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick)

63% Positive for Infection

Negative (37%)

Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)

47% Positive for Infection

Negative (53%)

Coinfection Visualization

Pathogenic Prevalence in Illinois

Borrelia burgdorferi (deer tick) associated with Lyme disease

Sample size of 27 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

Borrelia burgdorferi (American dog tick) associated with Lyme disease

Sample size of 26 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

Rickettsia spp. associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Sample size of 25 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size