I got bit by a deer tick yesterday

[Helen]

The PCR tests are extremely accurate:
https://ag.umass.edu/services/tick-borne-disease-diagnostics
I'm more worried about the pathogens they don't test for (or are unknown).

I couldn´t see at a quick look that they are testing for the Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii bacterias which are the most common in Europe. Hope I was wrong. Did you see somewhere how old dead ticks can be, and still be tested? I saved one 6 years ago. Would be interesting to see if we carry the same infections.

 

[adreno]

I couldn´t see at a quick look that they are testing for the Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii bacterias which are the most common in Europe. Hope I was wrong. Did you see somewhere how old dead ticks can be, and still be tested? I saved one 6 years ago. Would be interesting to see if we carry the same infections.

I didn't have it tested there, that was just some information I found about the PCR test. I had it tested in Germany, here:

http://www.synlab.com/en/human/for-patients/ticks/

There are other options, listed here:

https://ticktalkireland.wordpress.com/lyme-links/tick-testing/

 

[brenda]

Even so, mistakes happen due to human error.