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Blacklegged Tick Population by Migratory Birds in Ontario, Canada

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Researchers have discovered a new Lyme disease endemic area in Frontenac County that was likely started by spring migratory songbirds. This remote site, near Verona, Ontario, is located a considerable distance from roads and dwellings, which indicates that songbirds introduced immature (larva, nymphs) blacklegged ticks, the primary vector of the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi….

Winnipeg Free Press: Tick season means pets at risk of Lyme disease

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 It’s roughly the size of the nail on your pinky finger, but it can pose a huge threat to you and your pets. Ladies and gentlemen, meet ixodes scapularis, better known in Manitoba as the blacklegged tick, a creepy little bloodsucker with the potential to spread Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that typically resides in…

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Steroid Use Questioned for Common Lyme Disease Manifestation

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[CanLyme Note: Facial palsy, Bell’s Palsy, is not as common in Lyme patients as reported. It is easily recognized making those patients much more likely to be diagnosed. Most patients with Lyme disease do not experience facial palsy as it is typically a facial numbness and tingling/burning, often around the mouth, nose, and the tongue.] Sept….

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The Purple Paper – a publication of the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, Canada.

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 [CanLyme note: The comments below are a review by our expert science reviewers in light of some of the content in the now published Purple Paper.  This paper will be used in university settings, and cited.  It is an example of how young minds are pulled in one direction only, and never given the entire argument. Taxpayers…

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THE JOHNS HOPKINS LYME DISEASE CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER OPENS

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The Lyme Disease Research Foundation is pleased to announce the April 2015 opening of The Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center in the Division of Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The Center was established with a major gift from the Lyme Disease Research Foundation and represents the culmination of years of extraordinary…

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Think You’re Allergic to Penicillin? You Might Think Again

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Jeffrey Kopman Published: Sep 10, 2013, 11:46 AM EDT weather.com A late-summer hike results in tired legs, a sweaty body and a tick bite. The feeding tick infects you with Lyme disease, but your treatment options are limited because you had an allergic reaction to penicillin as a child. This dilemma is fairly common —…