Lyme disease poses a serious threat to animals and is unfortunately often underestimated by veterinarians themselves. If not treated in time, it advances into later stages of the disease, which are accompanied by health complications, and often... More >

Bartonellosis is a rarely diagnosed bacterial disease transmitted to humans by ticks or fleas (most commonly from dogs and cats). The disease causative agent is a bacterium from the genus Bartonella, most commonly Bartonella henselae. It mainly... More >

This inflammatory disease of the brain and meninges is caused by the Tick-born encephalitis virus (TBEV), a virus of the Flaviviridae family. Ticks get infected by the virus when sucking animal blood. Human infection is most often caused by... More >

Vaccination against Tick encephalitis represents the most reliable way to prevent this infection and protect your health against this dangerous disease. Currently there are three vaccines available: Encepur, Encepur K, or FSME-Immun. Those are... More >

The head of our laboratory, who is responsible for conducting tick infectivity diagnosis, Ing. Miroslava Burýšková, was invited to the popular show "Dobré ráno" streaming on Czech television. Watch the interview here More >

Czech television (ČT) was filming a report for the show TEP24 at our laboratory. You can witness the entire process of tick infectivity testing, from sample aquisition to the evaluation of test results. More >

Find answers to hundreds of question about tick problematics. More >

Head of the laboratory, Ing. Miroslava Burýšková, PhD, as a guest at the online server hobby.idnes.cz. More >