The question is rarely 'was that a tick' - it's 'what was that tick carrying.'
Knowing what a tick carried can inform conversations with a doctor far sooner than waiting for human symptoms or antibodies, which can take weeks to appear. Lyme disease and co-infections are far easier to treat when caught early.
Different pathogens cause very different illnesses - Lyme, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and spotted-fever rickettsioses - and a single tick can carry more than one.
Place the removed tick into the stabilizing vial, seal it inside the secondary bag and transport tube, and mail it in. The tick does not need to be alive or intact.
Multiplex PCR amplifies pathogen DNA directly from the tick. Each of the six targets is reported as detected or not detected - testing the tick, not the person.
Independently operated, with no ties to filter or remediation companies. Every sample is analyzed by an accredited partner laboratory under EPA-referenced methods, with a documented chain of custody — and your data is yours.
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For informational & screening purposes. Not a medical diagnosis.