1ST CITY CLINICAL HOSPITAL

Examination of a removed tick, free of charge, is carried out only with a doctor’s referral if persons affected by a tick bite have contraindications for prescribing preventive treatment.

In other cases, tick research is carried out for a fee.

The study of ticks to identify the causative agent of Lyme disease - Borrelia - is carried out at the State Institution "Minsk City Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology".

The cost of researching one tick is 10.07 rubles.

Reception of ticks is carried out in

• State Institution "Minsk City Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology" , at the address: st. P Brovki, 13, laboratory building, room 102, “Reception of tests”: Monday-Friday from 8.30 to 19.30 (lunch break - 12.30 - 13.00), Saturday - from 8.30 to 15.30.
• State Institution "Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Factory District" , st. Plekhanova, 18, 2nd floor, parasitology department, “Reception of tests”: Monday-Friday from 8.30 to 18.00 (lunch break - 12.30 - 13.00).

The results of the tick study are sent to the clinic at your place of residence, and the results of the study can be found out after 3 days by calling + 375 (17) 295-95-80

Examination of ticks to identify 4 pathogens

• tick-borne encephalitis,
• Lyme borreliosis,
• anaplasmosis,
• ehrlichiosis

is carried out only on a paid basis at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center “Epidemiology and Microbiology”. The cost of examining one tick for 4 infections is 45.15 rubles.

Reception of ticks is carried out in

• Republican Scientific and Practical Center "Epidemiology and Microbiology" at the address: Minsk, st. Filimonova, 23 only on a paid basis: Monday-Friday from 9.00 to 16.00 (lunch break - 13.00 - 13.30).

Tick ​​research results

can be found by calling the phone number indicated on the contract for the provision of paid services concluded between the Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and the citizen.

Experts around the world consider laboratory testing of removed ticks to be inappropriate because

• firstly, waiting for the result takes invaluable time (3 or more days) - time is important for prophylactic antibiotic use;
• secondly, it is impossible to test one tick for infection with all pathogens.