TickReport testing has seen increasing numbers of people being bitten by Asian longhorned ticks since 2017, though this species represents a tiny portion of the samples we test. But public health messaging and official records lag years behind the surveillance data we publish in real time from nationwide submissions.

Since 2006, TickReport has cemented a reputation for accurate, comprehensive, and transparent assessment of risks posed by a tick bite. Direct detection of pathogens in a tick uses very different processes from diagnostic tests that examine blood to identify disease in a person.