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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 65% of tick tested are infected with at least one disease causing organism, 41% are co-infected with two or more, 15% carry three or more, and 5% of the ticks tested carry four or more.
Infection Visualization by Tick Species
All Ticks Tested
65% Positive for Infection
Negative (35%)
79% Positive for Infection
Negative (21%)
62% Positive for Infection
Negative (38%)
39% Positive for Infection
Negative (61%)
Coinfection Visualization
4+ Coinfection (5%)
3+ Coinfection (15%)
2+ Coinfection (41%)
No Co-infection (59%)
Pathogenic Prevalence by Species & Life Stage
Generally, nymphal ticks will have fewer pathogen because they've had fewer opportunities to feed. Our data shows this as well.
Infection Rate for Borrelia burgdorferi between Adult Female and Nymphal Deer Ticks
Nymphal Deer Ticks
Sample size of 923 ticks.
23% Positive
77% Negative
Adult Female Deer Ticks
Sample size of 1,618 ticks.
36% Positive
64% Negative
Infection Rate for Anaplasma phagocytophilum between Adult Female and Nymphal Deer Ticks
Nymphal Deer Ticks
Sample size of 602 ticks.
10% Positive
90% Negative
Adult Female Deer Ticks
Sample size of 1,210 ticks.
12% Positive
88% Negative
Pathogenic Prevalence in New Jersey
The bars below show the positive/negative prevalence ratio of selected pathogens we test for.
These pathogens were observed in ticks from New Jersey.
Data set includes tests performed since TickCheck's founding in 2014 and is updated in real time.
Borrelia burgdorferi
(deer tick) associated with Lyme disease
Sample size of 478 ticks.
26% Positive
74% Negative
Borrelia burgdorferi
(lone star tick) associated with Lyme disease
Sample size of 294 ticks.
Borrelia burgdorferi
(American dog tick) associated with Lyme disease
Sample size of 220 ticks.
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
associated with anaplasmosis
Sample size of 427 ticks.
Babesia microti
associated with babesiosis
Sample size of 288 ticks.
Bartonella spp.
associated with bartonellosis
Sample size of 217 ticks.
32% Positive
68% Negative
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
associated with ehrlichiosis
Sample size of 326 ticks.
Rickettsia spp.
associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Sample size of 339 ticks.
24% Positive
76% Negative
Francisella tularensis
associated with tularemia
Sample size of 282 ticks.
Borrelia miyamotoi
associated with B. miyamotoi
Sample size of 232 ticks.
Borrelia lonestari
associated with STARI
Sample size of 262 ticks.
15% Positive
85% Negative
Babesia spp.
associated with babesiosis
Sample size of 80 ticks.
10% Positive
90% Negative
Mycoplasma spp.
associated with Mycoplasma spp.
Sample size of 186 ticks.
Borrelia spp.
associated with Borrelia spp.
Sample size of 85 ticks.
21% Positive
79% Negative
Powassan virus Lineage II
associated with Deer tick virus
Sample size of 30 ticks.
Warning: Low Sample Size
10% Positive
90% Negative
Borrelia mayonii
associated with Lyme disease
Sample size of 67 ticks.
0% Positive
100% Negative
Ehrlichia ewingii
associated with ehrlichiosis
Sample size of 85 ticks.
Rickettsia amblyommii
associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Sample size of 78 ticks.
27% Positive
73% Negative
Rickettsia rickettsii
associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Sample size of 44 ticks.
Warning: Low Sample Size
Pathogen and co-infected tick prevalence data is © TickCheck, and is derived from our tick testing results and laboratory research.
