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Zecke - Tick Prevention Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About Zecke - Tick Prevention

Bitten by a tick? What to do. Follow these tips for removing ticks. The risk hazard map shows the current tick bite risk in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Log tick bites and sightings in the tick diary. The reminder feature lets you compare pictures of symptoms with the bite on your body. If you see signs of infection when examining the bite, consult a doctor to determine whether you may have contracted Lyme disease. 

Bites and sightings reported anonymously are shown as pink or turquoise dots on the potential risk map. Thank you for your Citizen Science contribution to the applied research efforts conducted by ZHAW.

In the information section, you will find more about: tick-borne diseases, TBE vaccination recommendation, lifecycle of Ixodes ricinus tick.

App development: Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW, ZHAW Spin-off A&K Strategy GmbH and Andreas Garzotto GmbH. With support from the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), National Reference Centre for tick-transmitted diseases (NRZK) and Liga für Zeckenkranke Schweiz (LIZ).

What's New in the Latest Version 2.12

Last updated on Oct 25, 2022

Old Versions

Updated map of Swiss TBE risk areas, corrections links and imprint

Version History

2.12

Oct 25, 2022

Updated map of Swiss TBE risk areas, corrections links and imprint

2.11

Jul 19, 2019

* Optimizations and bug fixes

2.10

Apr 13, 2018

Privacy Policy: general, purpose, data collected and processed by the smartphone app, Data sent from the smartphone app to the server, website, location services, personal data, Access to user data

Citizen Science based results from Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW in chapter “I want to protect myself – Always check for ticks!”

2.02

Sep 6, 2017

Bug fixes

2.01

Jul 5, 2017

Various optimizations and corrections

2.0

Mar 26, 2017

Tick diary: reporting of tick sightings

Further development of tick bite control with a report of events relevant to the bite.

Citizen Science: send in ticks for analysis and make a contribution to tick research. Optional additions to the tick bite: activity at the tick encounter, age and gender - all data are anonymous, can not be traced and are used for applied tick research.

1.6

Aug 4, 2016

Italian version of app "Tick prevention" is available, improvements in the tickbite diary.

1.5

Jun 21, 2016

Corrections in the tick diary and news contents

1.4

Feb 12, 2016

Translation in English

1.3

Jan 15, 2016

1.2