Geneticks

Description:

Geneticks is a social enterprise with the first private lab in Canada offering comprehensive, rapid, and reliable tick testing. We offer detection of up to 17 tick-borne pathogens, including those that cause Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Powassan virus, and more. In 2025, we detected Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, in approximately 30% of blacklegged ticks submitted from across Ontario.

For more information of pathogen prevalence, please visit: https://geneticks.ca/tick-testing-statistics/

When it comes to Lyme disease, early interventions are essential. Following infection, early diagnosis and treatment are critical for preventing the development of highly debilitating, persistent, and difficult to treat disease manifestations. In the absence of reliable human testing for acute Lyme disease cases, tick testing offers a valuable alternative for assessing exposure to tick-borne diseases, and making informed decisions about next steps following a tick bite. Geneticks offers comprehensive, rapid return tick testing, where results are returned within 1-2 business days of our laboratory receiving your tick. These results can be used with a trained and certified healthcare practitioner to help guide essential clinical decision making and early interventions.