It has been found that over 50% of ticks carry Lyme or other tick-borne diseases. Lyme disease, the most common tick borne disease in the United States, can cause fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrant. If left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart, and the nervous system.
Tick-borne Complete is one of the most comprehensive panels that determines with 99.99% accuracy if the tick that bit you carries Lyme or 10 additional tick-borne diseases.
Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) is often considered a Lyme disease imitator because both TBRF and Lyme sufferers display many similar symptoms. Moreover, some of the Borrelia that cause TBRF are transmitted by the same ticks that transmit B. burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. Therefore, it is important to test for both TBRF and Lyme disease.
Symptoms of Lyme appear days or weeks after the initial bite. Only tick testing enables you to determine if you were exposed to a tick-borne disease before symptoms ever appear, allowing you to discuss proactive treatment options with your doctor.
• Protein microarray antigen and PCR detection of Lyme disease and TBRF
• Protein microarray antigen and PCR detection of co-infections of tickborne diseases (Anaplasma, Babesia, Borellia, Bartonella, Ehrlichia and Ricketsia species)
