https://www.tickreport.com/pricing. The "comprehensive package" is $200 to test for all the strains, that they know of, or test for, that they have on their pathogen menu.
I wish I had that kind of money to pay someone to test ticks, mosquitoes and horse flies, and other animals/vectors from infested areas. That would make great sense to try to figure what pathogens one has contracted, that is if people know the area where they were likely bit.
Anyway, from what I understand, it is not unusual for ticks to carry 2 or more pathogens. Babesia and Bartonella are more common than not (according to Dr. H), and both just as bad or worse than Borrelia in terms of malarial-like illness/fatigue and psychiatric/neural pain. As they say, Borrelia rarely travels alone.
And biting flies, I would guess probably anything that takes a blood meal could transmit disease. I've learned that horse flies can carry/transmit tularemia, for instance.
I feel like this is just the tip of the iceberg, what they/we know about
what biting flies, infectious vectors/bugs (or virus, nematode, or strange genetic mix), and what they transmit and carry in their guts into a host.
So yeah your doctor probably doesn't know much about
tick borne disease, or was giving you flippant answer; I imagine most MDs are too busy. Few that I met seemed interested in getting a more comprehensive view, or to read up on it enough to change their practice.
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