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April 22, 2016
CTV reporter Pauline Chan warns the public to beware as tick season is upon us. She also tackles some of the myths about Lyme disease that have been propagated by medical authorities.
Published March 5th, 2021 at Nexgov.com authored by Brandi Vincent “Then I got what I thought was the summer flu. But I never had the bull’s-eye rash—now, we know not everyone gets a bull’s-eye rash,” she noted. “It kind of went away. But about six months later, I completely collapsed.” Doctors originally thought she could…
[CanLyme Note: Re: this statement, “Blacklegged ticks that can spread Lyme disease found in 4 areas of city”. This statement is misleading in that the ticks that transmit Lyme disease are moved around by birds, randomly. They are not only where they look for them or where they have been seen. Birds also can carry the…
By Alex Butler – Abbotsford News Published: November 15, 2013 8:00 AM Updated: November 15, 2013 8:58 AM For those suffering from Lyme disease, finding relief for a long list of symptoms can be a struggle. More than 120 people, many suffering from Lyme disease, attended a public meeting on Thursday evening at Cascade Community Church to learn more…
Abstract The spirochetes Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii, the etiologic agents of Lyme disease and relapsing fever, respectively, cycle in nature between an arthropod vector and a vertebrate host. They have extraordinarily unusual genomes that are highly segmented and predominantly linear. The genetic analyses of Lyme disease spirochetes have become increasingly more sophisticated, while the age of genetic investigation…
Pabbati Namrata, Jamie M. Miller, Madari Shilpa, Patlolla Raghavender Reddy, Cheryl Bandoski, Michael J. Rossi and Eva Sapi Veterinary Sciences, 2014, 1(1), 5-15. Abstract It was recently demonstrated that the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum could harbor filarial nematodes within the genus Acanthocheilonema. In this study, Ixodes scapularis (deer) ticks collected from Southern Connecticut were…
Published July 4, 2015 Ticks in Iceland are likely here to stay, according to Vísir.is. Entomologist Erling Ólafsson told Vísir that all indications point to ticks now being a more or less permanent part of Iceland’s ecosystem, saying that they have been found all over the country, apart from the highlands. As reported, there were…
