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One in three ticks in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, carries Lyme disease yet no help for the tens of thousands chronically ill across the country due to false information.
[CanLyme note: For decades Canadian health care leadership have downplayed the prevalence of Lyme disease (borreliosis) in ticks based upon poor surveillance protocol while ignoring reams of published research. They further downplayed the prevalence of this disease in humans with an outrageous, dangerous and deadly adherence to a testing policy that they knew missed most cases….
York Region, Ontario: Vet urges caution following tick discovery
By Amanda Persico Dec. 16th, 2013 While tick season is usually in spring and fall, when temperatures are above 4C and there is no snow, the warm spell we had at the beginning of the month could have spurred a tick storm, according to a Markham veterinarian. And blacklegged ticks can carry lyme disease. At the…
Pamela Weintraub answers: Why do doctors keep fighting about Lyme Disease?
Because the patients are contested “They immediately may send the patient to test for all manner of serious immune and neurologic disease, not realizing that Lyme disease itself may cause profound immune and neurologic conditions if it is not treated at once.” Read full article
Researcher John Scott responds to The Nature of Things CBC TV episode on Lyme disease
xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx, Ontario Sue Dando Executive Producer Science and Natural History Unit CBC-TV Documentary Canadian Broadcasting Corporation P.O. Box 500, Station A Toronto, Ontario M5W 1E6 15 October 2013 Dear Ms. Dando: Re: The Nature of Things with Dr. David Suzuki Ticked-off: The Mystery of Lyme Disease, 10 October 2013 …
How do infections like the coronavirus jump from animals to people?
National Geographic “Zoonotic diseases, which pass from animals to humans, kill millions of people every year. Where do they come from and how can we avoid them?” ” Some zoonotic diseases are relatively benign, but many—for example, Lyme disease—are quite harmful. Some, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, can be deadly. “ Read full article
Borrelia miyamotoi-An Emerging Human Tick-Borne Pathogen in Europe
[CanLyme Note: Canada has Borrelia miyamotoi coast to coast in ticks.] January 12, 2021 Abstract Borrelia miyamotoi is classified as a relapsing fever spirochete. Although B. miyamotoi is genetically and ecologically distinct from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, both microorganisms are transmitted by the same Ixodes tick species. B. miyamotoi was detected in I. persulcatus ticks in 1994 in Japan. A phylogenetic analysis based on selected sequences of B….
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How can I book an appointment with Dr Ralph Hawkins? Do have an email contact for his practice?