CHBC Global TV Okanagan: Two young men are on a cross country bike tour…
Two wonderful young men are on a cross country bike tour because their friend, Adelaine, was felled by Lyme Disease.
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Transgenic functional complementation with a transmission -associated protein restores spirochete infectivity by tick bite
Abstract The relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii and the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto each produces an abundant, orthologous, outer membrane protein, Vtp and OspC, respectively, when transmitted by tick bite. Gene inactivation studies have shown that both proteins are essential for spirochete infectivity when transmitted by their respective tick vectors. Therefore, we transformed a vtp-minus mutant of B….
Chronic disease expert at pioneer B.C. Women’s clinic leaves abruptly
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[CanLyme note: From freedom of information documents it is clear that the clinic came about as a result of the now famous Schmidt report on Lyme Disease. The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation sat on the patient’s advisory panel for over 2 years during the development of the clinic but we withdrew when it was clear…
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Tick tests positive in Sudbury for Lyme disease bacteria
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The Sudbury & District Health Unit is urging people to take precautions to prevent against tick bites after a blacklegged tick tested positive for the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease. It’s the first such case in the health unit’s service area. The infected tick was found embedded in the skin of a person who…
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Tick-borne disease is multiple microbial in nature
Nov. 1, 2018 A study recently published in Scientific Reports discovered that 65% of Lyme disease patients irrespective of their disease stage respond to several microbes. As a consequence, the authors have demonstrated that microbial infections in individuals suffering from Lyme disease do not follow the “one microbe, one disease” status-quo. Moreover, the probability that…
Huffington Post: The Global Search for Education: The 300,000 – Ticks
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C. M. Rubin Blogger and author, ‘The Real Alice in Wonderland Posted: November 9th, 2013 The “We are the 300,000” campaign is a new grassroots campaign by the Lyme community to raise awareness for more effective treatments for all people suffering from Lyme disease. According to the CDC, there are 300,000 individuals who are affected…
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Detection of Babesia odocoilei in Humans with Babesiosis Symptoms
Abstract Human babesiosis is a life-threatening infectious disease that causes societal and economic impact worldwide. Several species of Babesia cause babesiosis in terrestrial vertebrates, including humans. A one-day clinic was held in Ontario, Canada, to see if a red blood cell parasite, which is present in blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, is present in humans. Based on PCR testing…