Over 10,000 Ticks Tested: Bartonella Is Not a Tick Infection

Close-up of an Ixodes tick on a green leaf with bold text reading “Over 10,000 Ticks Tested.”

If you spend any time in Lyme disease or Morgellons communities, you’ve probably heard that Bartonella is a common “co-infection” that comes from ticks. Many people assume that if they’ve had a tick bite and later test positive for Bartonella, the tick must have given it to them.

But what does the actual evidence say?

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