Ixodid ticks

No matter how common and widespread the parasitic organism of all living organisms is, we do not always pay attention to it and are not aware of its destructive power and threat to our health. Ixodid ticks are an odious type of parasite.

*Ixodid ticks are an invasive organism that can be the source of a serious, dangerous disease.* The existence of ixodid ticks in nature poses a danger of tick-borne encephalitis, borreliosis and other diseases. There is a common misconception about the likelihood of infection through the bite of common garden or household ticks. In fact, a tick only carries pathogens when it moves onto a person. Therefore, the probability of becoming infected through normal contact is practically zero. The ixodid tick lives only in places with high air humidity, where it waits for prey. That is why about 80% of human bites occur in the country or in nature. Infected Napa tick