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

Coinfection Visualization

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 Vermont

Borrelia burgdorferi (deer tick) associated with Lyme disease

Sample size of 107 ticks.

Anaplasma phagocytophilum associated with anaplasmosis

Sample size of 80 ticks.

Babesia microti associated with babesiosis

Sample size of 77 ticks.

Bartonella spp. associated with bartonellosis

Sample size of 31 ticks. Warning: Low Sample Size

Borrelia miyamotoi associated with B. miyamotoi

Sample size of 30 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.