Tick Identification
The tick is submitted for identification by microscopic examination to which the sample tick is compared to a standard reference tick library.
Tick Testing
The tick is tested for an infectious agent using a sensitive DNA based screening technique known as Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
The tick can be submitted dead or alive.
The test result of the tick screen does not rule out or confirm the presence of the agent or exposure to the patient.
The result is intended to provide you and your physician or veterinarian with important information, when combined with other information, to help determine risk of exposure and subsequent clinical treatment and follow–up.
Diagnostic Panel I (DP01)
- Disease: Lyme, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Bartonellosis
- Agent: Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytephilia, Babesia microti, Bartonella henselae
- Fee: $175.00/Tick
Lyme
- Disease: Lyme Disease
- Agent: Borrelia burgdorferi
- Fee: $75.00/Tick
EHRL
- Disease: Ehrlichiosis
- Agent: Anaplasma phagocytophilia
- Fee: $75.00/Tick
BABE
- Disease: Babesiosis
- Agent: Babesia microti
- Fee: $75.00/Tick
BART
- Disease: Bartonellosis
- Agent: Bartonella henselae
- Fee: $75.00/Tick
Diagnostic Panel II (DP02)
- Disease: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Tularemia
- Agent: Rickettsia rickettsii, Francisella tularensis
- Fee: $100.00/Tick
RMSF
- Disease: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Agent: Rickettsia rickettsii
- Fee: $75.00/Tick
TULA
- Disease: Tularemia
- Agent: Francisella tularensis
- Fee: $75.00/Tick
