We test
Your tick!
Why test?
One third of ticks carry pathogens.
Early detection, removal and analysis of the tick leads to clarity and allows for early treatment.
Lyme disease, but also tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), are diseases that are transmitted by the bite of an infectious tick. There is the possibility to protect oneself against TBE with a vaccination, which is not the case with Lyme borreliosis.
Lyme disease, which is transmitted by bacteria, is the most common tick-borne disease and leads to complex symptoms. In the early stages, there may be a migratory redness of the skin (wandering redness) with accompanying flu-like symptoms.
In 2022, Alongshan virus (ALSV) was first detected in Swiss ticks. This virus appears to be at least as common as the tick-borne encephalitis virus and causes similar symptoms. There is no vaccination against the Alongshan virus.
Lyme disease / Lyme borreliosis
What: Lyme disease is a disease that is mostly caused by the bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi.
Where: All of Switzerland
How: Transmission by an infected tick
Symptoms: The first symptoms are evident by redness at the site of the bite after the first few days or weeks (known as wandering redness).
In the second stage, serious illnesses such as infestation of the joints, nervous system, skin or the heart may only occur after weeks, months or even years.
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)
What: tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)
Where: All of Switzerland (except Geneva and Ticino)
How: Transmission by an infected tick
Symptoms: First flu-like phase of illness appears 14 days after bite. In 5 – 15% of infected persons, it leads to an attack of the nervous system after a symptom-free period. In 1% of neurological cases it leads to death.
Alongshan Virus (ALSV)
What: Alongshan Virus (ALSV)
Where: All of Switzerland
How: Transmission by an infected tick
Symptoms: Not yet conclusively researched. The course of the disease is similar to that of TBE.
Off to the laboratory!
Analyze
Your tick
Please send us your tick by post in a pressure seal bag incl. order sheet in a normal envelope.
Costs for individual analyses:
Borrelia analysis:
76.50 CHF *
TBE analysis:
123.90 CHF *
ALSV analysis:
123.90 CHF *
Analysis packages are offered at a discount:
Borrelia + FSME:
180 CHF* (200.40 CHF)
Borrelia + ALSV:
180 CHF* (200.40 CHF)
FSME + ALSV:
230 CHF* (247.80 CHF)
Borrelia + FSME + ALSV:
300 CHF* (324.30 CHF)
* incl. VAT.
Remove the tick carefully with tweezers.
The borrelia are in the stomach of the tick and TBE in the saliva of the tick.
If possible, keep the body of the tick intact.

Carefully transfer the tick into a pressure seal bag, close it airtight and place the tick in an envelope.

Please follow the link below to complete the order
Enclose the order confirmation, which you received by e-mail, as well as the tick to the envelope.

Send the envelope to the following address:
Biolytix AG
Zeckentest Schweiz
Benkenstrasse 254
4108 Witterswil

Do you still have an AntiBrumm® tick test?
Then here is the result: