Hello from the nursing office! We have been seeing an increase of embedded ticks in our students and community already this Spring. Please be alert of these disease-carrying critters on your children and pets. It is a great idea to check over your children after coming in from outside play and also checking over your pets routinely. If you do find a tick that is attached, below is a great resource to send the tick off to and find out any diseases that it may be carrying. This information can be helpful to your physician in guiding treatment options. This resource is free, fast and reliable.
Simply place the removed tick (dead or alive) in a plastic bag, seal it, log onto www.ticklab.org to complete the quick questionnaire, print and send the voucher along with the bagged tick to:
TickLab
Suite 114
562 Independence Rd
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
For more information, visit www.ticklab.org.
About PA Tick Research Lab
PA Tick Research Lab is a university-affiliated lab based in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania that is dedicated to providing fast, highly rated, laboratory-quality tick testing to people in high-risk areas for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases nationwide.
We offer qPCR-based tick testing that is 99.9% accurate and can detect the presence of 18 pathogens that cause diseases such as Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis, Babesia, Bartonella, Ehrlichiosis, Tularemia, B. miyamotoi, Mycoplasmosis, Southern Tick-Associated Rash illness, and Rocky Mountain Spotted fever.
Unlike traditional laboratories’ complicated test requisition forms, PA Tick Research Lab has a simple, easy to use interface for ordering tick tests. Just order your tests, mail your tick to our East Stroudsburg laboratory, and your results will be ready within 24-72 hours of lab receipt - guaranteed. Got a tick? Get started now!