How should you store the tick?
In a pressure seal bag and if possible cooled (refrigerator or freezer).
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How do you protect yourself properly from ticks?
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When going for walks, forest excursions and hikes, the best way to protect yourself from ticks is with: Long trousers and closed shoes. Put socks over your trousers Wear light-colored clothes
How should the tick be packed for mailing?
Vonbzt_admin
The best way is to use pressure-seal bags that can be sealed airtight at the top. Place the tick in a pressure seal bag, seal it well, place the bag with the tick in a normal envelope, seal the envelope and send it by post to Biolytix AG.
What are the costs for an analysis?
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Borreliosis analysis: 74.30 CHF*TBE analysis: 118.50 CHF*Both analyses together: 192.80 CHF* (*incl. VAT)
Can the tick still be sent in and analyzed after 10 days?
Vonbzt_admin
Yes, Lyme disease and TBE can be detected in the tick for up to one year.
Is the whole of Switzerland considered as a risk area?
Vonbzt_admin
Lyme borreliosis can be transmitted by infected ticks throughout Switzerland. The FOPH has declared Switzerland as a TBE risk area, except for the cantons of Geneva and Ticino.
How does transmission occur in the first place?
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For transmission to occur, the tick must bite down and then suck blood. If this has not yet happened, transmission with Lyme disease or TBE is unlikely. Even if the tick has already sucked blood, transmission does not necessarily have to have occurred, as not every tick has to be a carrier of the pathogens.