Madison Area Lyme Support Group

https://www.tickcheck.com/statistics?

Each tick submitted for testing contributes to the research being conducted 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:

• 76% of ticks tested have at least one disease causing organism
• 49% are co-infected with two or more organisms
• 20% carry three or more
• 9% of the ticks tested carry four or more

Infection Visualization by Tick Species

  Ixodes scapularis (deer tick)

• 93% Positive for Infection
• Negative (7%)

Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick)

• 63% Positive for Infection
• Negative (37%)

Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)

• 48% Positive for Infection
• Negative (52%)

Coinfection Visualization

Pathogenic Prevalence

Borrelia burgdorferi (deer tick) associated with Lyme disease

Sample size of 3,280 ticks.           70 Wisconsin ticks

• 30% postive                                           33% positive
• 70% negative                                         67% negative

Sample size of 279 ticks.

Borrelia burgdorferi (lone star tick) associated with Lyme disease

Sample size of 899 ticks.

• 8% positive
• 92% negative

Borrelia burgdorferi (American dog tick) associated with Lyme disease

Sample size of 901 ticks.

• 2% positive
• 98% negative

Anaplasma phagocytophilum associated with anaplasmosis

Sample size of 2,146 ticks.           36 Wisconsin ticks

Babesia microti associated with babesiosis

Sample size of 1,894 ticks.           32 Wisconsin ticks

• 4% positive                                            6% positive
• 96% negative                                        94% negative

Bartonella spp. associated with bartonellosis

Sample size of 1,060 ticks.

• 47% positive
• 53% negative

Ehrlichia chaffeensis associated with ehrlichiosis

Sample size of 857 ticks.

• 2% positive
• 98% negative

Rickettsia spp. associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Sample size of 944 ticks.

Francisella tularensis associated with tularemia

Sample size of 1,028 ticks.

• 1% positive
• 99% negative

Borrelia miyamotoi associated with B. miyamotoi

Sample size of 1,091 ticks.

• 6% postive
• 94% negative

Borrelia lonestari associated with STARI

Sample size of 831 ticks.

• 19% postitive
• 81% negative

Babesia spp. associated with babesiosis

Sample size of 564 ticks.

• 5% positive
• 95% negative

Mycoplasma spp. associated with Mycoplasma spp.

Sample size of 948 ticks.

• 8% positive
• 92% negative

Borrelia spp. associated with Borrelia spp.

Sample size of 612 ticks.

• 17% postive
• 83% negative

Powassan virus Lineage II associated with Deer tick virus

Sample size of 102 ticks.

• 24% positive
• 76% negative

Borrelia mayonii associated with Lyme disease

Sample size of 376 ticks.

• 100% negative

Ehrlichia ewingii associated with ehrlichiosis

Sample size of 283 ticks.

• 100% negative

Rickettsia amblyommii associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Sample size of 177 ticks.

• 46% positive
• 54% negative

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For more about Tickcheck: https://www.tickcheck.com/about

You can request free tick identification by sending in a quality picture of your tick. Using real-time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction), Tickcheck can determine the presence of certain pathogens with an accuracy level of over 99.9%.  All information about how to send in your tick, costs of various tests, time for results, etc. is found here:  https://www.tickcheck.com/info/faq

Jonathan Weber is the founder and CEO of TickCheck and became acutely aware of the dangers of tick-borne diseases after his father caught Lyme during a family trip on the Appalachian Trail.

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**Comment**

This information supports current research showing many patients are infected with numerous pathogens causing more severe illness & requiring far more than the CDC’s mono therapy of doxycycline:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/10/30/study-shows-lyme-msids-patients-infected-with-many-pathogens-and-explains-why-we-are-so-sick/

It also supports previous work showing coinfections within ticks:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/05/01/co-infection-of-ticks-the-rule-rather-than-the-exception/

What I want to know is WHY nothing’s being done about this?  Why are people STILL given 21 days of doxycycline when that particular med will not work on numerous pathogens?

Shame on doctors for turning sick people away due to statistics and maps.

There’s no such thing as an “insignificant” tick bite!

But, Patients are STILL being turned away:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/04/22/its-just-crazy-why-is-lyme-disease-treatment-so-difficult-to-find-in-mississippi/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/03/19/jacksonville-family-shares-daughters-9-month-diagnosis-of-rare-disease-which-isnt-rare-lyme/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/05/31/no-lyme-in-the-south-guess-again/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/10/24/no-lyme-in-oklahoma-yeah-right/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/09/24/arkansas-kids-denied-lyme-treatment/  “They had the classic symptoms, they had the bulls eye rash, they had the joint pain, they had fevers and had flu like symptoms, yet we were denied treatment for at least two of them and I don’t understand how this is legal,” said Bowerman.

According to Dr. Naveen Patil, Director of the Infectious Disease Program, ADH,

“We don’t have Lyme Disease in Arkansas, we have the ticks that transmit Lyme Disease but we don’t have any recorded cases of Lyme Disease.” 

Bowerman also received a letter from the clinic stating doctors would no longer treat her children because she consistently questioned their medical advice and recommendations.

This is getting to be way beyond ludicrous.