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The tick population and the number of tick species in Ohio are rapidly increasing, leading to a surge in tick-borne diseases affecting both people and animals. The Ohio State University Infectious Diseases Institute is tackling this critical issue with the Buckeye Tick Test service, a state-wide initiative to detect various pathogens in Ohio’s growing tick population.
Ohio now has six medically significant tick species, including blacklegged ticks, American dog ticks, lone star ticks, gulf coast ticks, Asian longhorned ticks, and brown dog ticks. With the rising tick population, tick-borne diseases are reaching unprecedented levels, posing a serious threat to both human and animal health.
Join Us in the Fight! May is National Lyme Disease Awareness Month and while Lyme disease is just one of the tick-borne diseases facing Ohioans, the increase in Lyme disease in Ohio over the past few years is significant. The Infectious Diseases Institute Buckeye Tick Test service tests for the presence of the tick-borne pathogens based on tick species, including the pathogen that can cause Lyme disease.
Your Support Makes a Difference! Your donation, whether large or small, will help provide low-cost tick tests to the general public, bulk testing for health departments and research partners, amplifying our impact across the state.
Why Support This Project?
1. Rapid Results: The Buckeye Tick Test service provides test results within 72 hours, allowing individuals to quickly share this information with their medical providers or veterinarians.
2. Increased Awareness: By promoting the importance of tick testing and understanding tick-borne disease risks, we aim to protect the health of Ohio’s residents and their pets.
3. Public Health Data: The data collected from these tests will contribute to publicly available tick pathogen surveillance, helping to track and manage the spread of tick-borne diseases.
At Ohio State, we create solutions the world needs now- but we can only do this with the help of people like you. Every gift is another step toward a brighter tomorrow. All gifts, regardless of amount, add to our collective strength. Your gift today will help find the solutions of tomorrow. Can we count on your support?
Buckeye Tick Test offers low-cost, comprehensive tick-borne pathogen testing to the general public. Help us to maintain the low fee of $50 per tick sample.
Through the Buckeye Tick Test service, Ohio State is increasing awareness of the importance of tick testing and tick-borne disease risk and equipping individuals with test results within 72 hours
In honor of the 88 counties in Ohio, all of which have seen increase in the number of human and animal tick-borne disease cases
In honor of the over 400,000 annual human cases estimated nationwide of Lyme disease, making it the most common vector-borne disease in America
