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

All Ticks Tested

72% Positive for Infection

Negative (28%)

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

4+ Coinfection (7%)

3+ Coinfection (17%)

2+ Coinfection (45%)

No Co-infection (55%)

Pathogenic Prevalence in Ohio

The bars below show the positive/negative prevalence ratio of selected pathogens we test for. These pathogens were observed in ticks from Ohio. 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 35 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

14% Positive

86% Negative

Borrelia burgdorferi (American dog tick) associated with Lyme disease

Sample size of 45 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

4% Positive

96% Negative

Anaplasma phagocytophilum associated with anaplasmosis

Sample size of 41 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

12% Positive

88% Negative

Babesia microti associated with babesiosis

Sample size of 26 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

0% Positive

100% Negative

Bartonella spp. associated with bartonellosis

Sample size of 26 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

35% Positive

65% Negative

Ehrlichia chaffeensis associated with ehrlichiosis

Sample size of 35 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

6% Positive

94% Negative

Rickettsia spp. associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Sample size of 31 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

19% Positive

81% Negative

Francisella tularensis associated with tularemia

Sample size of 33 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

0% Positive

100% Negative

Mycoplasma spp. associated with Mycoplasma spp.

Sample size of 26 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

8% Positive

92% Negative

Pathogen and co-infected tick prevalence data is © TickCheck, and is derived from our tick testing results and laboratory research.