In addition to known Borrelia pathogens causing Lyme disease, the tick Ixodes ricinus also transmits Borrelia miyamotoi, which causes a relapsing fever-like disease. This disease is not detected by blood testing for Lyme disease. We now offer... More >

Neoehrlichiosis is a newly discovered infectious disease transmitted by ticks, which can be particularly dangerous for people with impaired immunity. If neoehrlichiosis is misdiagnosed or not diagnosed in time, the absence or inadequacy of treatment... More >

We have prepared an analysis package for people with impaired immunity - patients with various degrees of immunological deficiency, autoimmune diseases, hematopoietic disorders, oncological patients, patients without the spleen or during transplantation... More >

New findings on babesiosis show, that nowadays this disease is overlooked and its incidence and severity are higher than formerly believed. More >

The following chart depicts the percentage of ticks carrying pathogens that cause infectious diseases in humans. More >

Treatment of borreliosis is often complicated by a concurrent infection caused by the presence of a further pathogen. More >

Ticks for infectivity testing can be handed over to the collection point in Prague at the NATURE VITALITY store in Dejvice. More >

Overview of tick samples analyzed by the team of Dr. Burýšková in the years 2006-2024. The maps depict percentages of ticks tested positive for borreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis and ehrlichiosis in Protean s.r.o. laboratory. More >

The following graphs display the incidence of ticks infected by monitored pathogens during individual years, and the mean infectivity values over the entire analysis period. More >

Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is a disease whose name is derived from a small American town named Old Lyme, where an increased occurrence of joint disease in children due to an unknown cause was observed. From the late 19th to the mid-20th century,... More >

Human ehrlichiosis is a contagious disease transmitted by ticks. It is caused by the bacteria Anaplasma phagocytophilum, formerly called Ehrlichia p. (from which the name of the disease is derived). The bacteria attack white blood cells, entering... More >

Babesiosis is transmitted by ticks. The disease causative agent is a protozoan from the genus Babesia, usually Babesia divergens or Babesia microti. The protozoans infect red blood cells, and feed and procreate inside them. Babesiosis frequently... More >

Babesiosis is a serious disease of humans and dogs caused by protozoa. The species causing the disease in dogs are Babesia canis and Babesia gibsoni. These protozoans attack red blood cells, in which they multiply and cause an infection that... More >

Tularemia is a serious infectious disease caused by pathogenic microbes, that affects humans and animals. It spreads within a focal terrestrial localization. Its transmission is greatly aided by ticks. Humans can be infected when processing... More >

The graph depicts results from over ten thousand analyzed ticks acquired by the Protean s.r.o. laboratory. The graph represents the proportion of tick infected by borreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV), ehrlichiosis and babesiosis in individual... More >

The first symptoms of Lyme disease (erythema migrans) are standardly treated with antibiotics administered for 14-21 days. However, several european as well as american research articles describe that administration of a small dose of antibiotics... More >

The most important thing for efficient treatment of Lyme disease is early administration of of effective antibiotics. Currently there are plenty of antimicrobial preparations, but most of them is not suitable for treatment of Lyme disease. Therefore... More >

The Protean laboratory Protean has participated in the development of new diagnostic kits used for the detection of Lyme disease. The tests contain highly specific recombinant antigens isolated from Borrelia... More >

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 >