Diagnosis and Testing

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  • Your healthcare provider can order certain blood tests to look for evidence of anaplasmosis or other illnesses that cause similar symptoms.
  • Test results may take several weeks.
  • If your healthcare provider thinks you have anaplasmosis, or another tickborne infection, he or she may prescribe antibiotics while you wait for test results.
Page last reviewed: January 11, 2019
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD)