Specimen | Procedure | Amount of specimen | Conditions of transportation and storage | Testing results obtained in (days) |
Medically important arthropods | Macroscopy, microscopy | Arthropod or it's maggot | At room temperature – 1 day. Shipment in a tube. | 1–3 |
Live tick | Determination of Borrelia spp. in tick using dark field microscopy or in stained smear | Live tick | At room temperature – 1 day. Shipment of specimens – in a tube with humid condition | 2–4 |