Global TV News – Ticks carrying Lyme on the rise
Fri, Jul 26: Black-legged ticks are crawling into parts of Ontario. Marianne Dimain reports
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Fri, Jul 26: Black-legged ticks are crawling into parts of Ontario. Marianne Dimain reports
Mualla McManus Corresponding author Ann Cincotta Abstract Borreliosis, Lyme disease, is the fastest growing tick borne infection in the world. Annually 300,000 (0.094%) people are diagnosed in the USA. Objective To clarify and aid in the understanding of the indirect diagnostics of Borreliosis in the light of immune dysfunction. Diagnosis is difficult not only due…
A leap in the right direction March 16th, 2016 Toronto Star, Michael Crabb Special To The Star Brendon Saye, National Ballet of Canada’s second soloist, returns as Romeo after absence dealing with Lyme disease. Injury is a dancer’s worst professional nightmare. That, at least, was what National Ballet of Canada second soloist Brendon assumed –…
Lyme disease carrying species of ticks, Ixodes scapularis, have been in Nova Scotia for decades There is no part of the province where you are risk free. This latest risk map … shows areas of greatest risk, moderate risk and lower risk. Because the ticks are transported by birds such as robins, wrens, finches and…
“Since inception, the primary goal of the tick program has been to collect and test blacklegged ticks because of the public health risk they pose. However, over time and through targeted collections throughout the Commonwealth, established populations of additional tick species have been discovered. One of those species is the newly invasive Asian longhorned tick…
On April 24th, 2015, the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation’s founder, Jim Wilson, was proud to have his brother, John Wilson, and oldest daughter Candra Wilson make their challenges to others to take the Lyme Sucks Challenge in the effort to raise awareness of the disease, and increase funding for a very necessary and long overdue…
She takes few steps towards the camera. As wobbly, as unsure, as unsteady as a baby’s precarious first steps. As awkward as a drunk stumbling out of the bar. Her arms hang limp. Her face, a blank stare. This is what has become of 14-year-old Kamea Crowe. Her mother, Yvonne Finlayson, recorded the few seconds…