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 74% of tick tested are infected with at least one disease causing organism, 48% are co-infected with two or more, 18% carry three or more, and 9% of the ticks tested carry four or more.
Infection Visualization by Tick Species
All Ticks Tested
Coinfection Visualization
Pathogenic Prevalence in Illinois
The bars below show the positive/negative prevalence ratio of selected pathogens we test for. These pathogens were observed in ticks from Illinois. Data set includes tests performed since TickCheck's founding in 2014 and is updated in real time.