FAQs

Category: Disease Testing

Yes, we do provide test results if you provide an email, the tick is reported as biting, and it was positive for disease. If you do not provide us an email and/or the tick is tested negative for diseases, we will not contact you

Category: Disease Testing

We do not guarantee a turnaround time for tick testing. Everyone at BeBop Labs volunteers and it takes us a while to inventory each and every tick we receive. We also save money by sending our ticks to be tested in bulk during an off season like the dead of winter. And we raise money to provide tick testing free, this takes time too. Your health is the most important thing to us, so if you are concerned about disease transmission please send your tick directly to a testing lab.

Category: Disease Testing

We will send your tick to our partnering tick testing lab, as soon as possible and we will ask you for a donation, $50/tick, or negotiated via email. All results will be forwarded to you, provided we receive an email address.

Category: Disease Testing

There are two panels one for blacklegged ticks (deer ticks, Ixodes scapularis) and one for Dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis). Blacklegged ticks (deer ticks, Ixodes scapularis) – Borreliosis (Borrelia general species) – Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Borrelia mayonii) – Relapsing fever (Borrelia miyamotoi) – Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum) – Babesiosis (Babesia microti) Dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) – Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum) – Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia rickettsii) – Spotted Fever rickettsiosis (Rickettsia parkeri) – Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehlrichia ewingii) – Tularemia (Francisella tularensis) * We do not test for Cat scratch fever and trench fever (Bartonella henselae), Babesia duncani, Babesia divergens at this time ** We cannot test for tick-borne viruses due to our collection method using citizen scientists. Because virus testing requires RNA extraction and is temperature sensitive.