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Survey of Ixodes pacificus Ticks in California Reveals a Diversity of Microorganisms and a Novel and Widespread Anaplasmataceae Species.
ByCanLyme Team September 19, 2015April 21, 2023
Sept. 16, 2015 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135828 Eshoo MW, Carolan HE, Massire C, Chou DM, Crowder CD, Rounds MA, et al. Abstract Ixodes pacificus ticks can harbor a wide range of human and animal pathogens. To survey the prevalence of tick-borne known and putative pathogens, we tested 982 individual adult and nymphal I. pacificus ticks collected throughout…
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Response to Canadian Medical Association Journal Lyme practice scenario
ByCanLyme Team September 17, 2015April 21, 2023
Re: Decisions; A 35-year-old man with a positive Lyme test result from a private laboratory Debra L. Fraleigh, Co-founder Ontario Lyme Alliance This fictional practice case scenario needs to have some modicum of realism if it is intended to be useful to inform diagnostic and treatment decisions. The patient, who believes he could have Lyme…
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Identification of Additional Anti-Persister Activity against Borrelia burgdorferi from an FDA Drug Library
ByCanLyme Team September 17, 2015April 21, 2023
Sept, 2015 Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Abstract Lyme disease is a leading vector-borne disease in the United States. Although the majority of Lyme patients can be cured with standard 2–4 week antibiotic treatment, 10%–20% of patients continue to suffer from…
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United States : Lyme Disease Association Offers Lyme Conference Scholarships for Medical Students
ByCanLyme Team September 15, 2015April 21, 2023
WALL, N.J., Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) announces availability of scholarships for its annual conference, Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: Science Bridging the Gap, Warwick, Rhode Island, November 14-15. Jointly provided by Columbia University, it is designed for doctors and researchers who can receive CMEs for attendance. Registration is also…
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Canada: President’s Newsbrief – Ontario College of Family Physicians
ByCanLyme Team September 15, 2015April 21, 2023
[CanLyme Note: CanLyme is pleased to see the Ontario of College of Family Physicians is raising awareness about Lyme disease and that they recognize the difficulties of both diagnostics and treatment. There remains considerable work to do to build an infrastructure for both physicians and patients so that this rapidly expanding disease can be appropriately…
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United Kingdom: Phil Wilson MP: Spreading the word about Lyme [now a pandemic globally]
ByCanLyme Team September 15, 2015April 21, 2023
Tuesday – 15 September 2015 AS an MP, I am continuously learning. Every week constituents come to me with a range of problems, some of which I am know about, others, however, are completely new to me. Recently, a constituent came to me about her daughter who suffered from Lyme disease. I will be honest:…
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Consumer Reports: Tick danger in autumn (also effective and safe tick repellents)
ByCanLyme Team September 15, 2015April 21, 2023
Sept 13th, 2015 CONSUMER REPORTS – You may think your risk of getting Lyme disease ends when the weather starts to cool, but by fall, adult ticks have had more time to become infected with disease-causing bacteria. In some areas, up to 50 percent of ticks can be infected with diseases such as Lyme, compared…
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Ontario Lyme Alliance responds to article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that missed the mark.
ByCanLyme Team September 15, 2015April 21, 2023
Re: Lyme disease: How reliable are serologic results? see also https://canlyme.com/?p=7245 Debra L. Fraleigh, Co-founder Ontario Lyme Alliance A thorough examination of the full text of the Fallon study (1), referenced by Gregson et al, demonstrates that for thirty-seven Lyme patients (all of whom met historical clinical AND laboratory criteria for LD) archived sera from fewer…
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N.L. woman who beat Lyme disease now researching illness in U.S.
ByCanLyme Team September 13, 2015April 21, 2023
Krista Hewlett forced to quit medical school due to condition A Newfoundland woman who battled Lyme disease for four years is now on the cutting edge of researching the condition in the United States. Krista Hewlett is currently a research associate at a clinic in Connecticut doing integrated medical treatment of Lyme disease. But…
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Forbes: Lyme Deaths From Heart Inflammation Likely Worse Than We Thought
ByCanLyme Team September 7, 2015April 21, 2023
September 4th, 2015 Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections are skyrocketing. In western Pennsylvania, where I work, Lyme increased 25% just between 2013 and 2014, with Butler County having 412 cases and Allegheny County chalking up a record 822 cases last year. And where I vacation, in Maine, the rate of Lyme in 2014 was…
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Tertiary Treponematosis – Lyme Disease, Syphilis, gum disease
ByCanLyme Team September 3, 2015April 21, 2023
Herbert B. Allen*, Maria Hannaway and Suresh Joshi Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research Abstract With recent findings in arthritis and dementia, it has become apparent that Lyme treponemes and oral treponemes have tertiary clinical findings similar to tertiary syphilis. The primary findings are in the skin or mucous membranes with syphilis demonstrating a…
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Global TV – Lyme disease tests may not be accurate for some Canadians – Patients worried
ByCanLyme Team September 3, 2015April 21, 2023
[CanLyme Note: The Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada (AMMI) failed to point out that there is no ‘gold standard serology’ for Lyme disease. The only standard is American ‘surveillance criteria’ that were never intended for establishing whether or not to treat clinical cases of Lyme disease. The US surveillance criteria were established in…
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Toronto: Drawings depict horrors of Lyme disease, artist calls for better testing and treatment
ByCanLyme Team September 3, 2015April 21, 2023
written by Bruce Wark Montreal artist Donna Jacobs is hoping her charcoal drawings soon to be on display at The Cabbagetown Arts Festival in Toronto, previously on gallery exhibit at Parrsboro’s Main & Station, July 15th-28th, will raise awareness about the horrors of Lyme disease as well as the urgent need for improved diagnosis…
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Ticks are killed in clothes dryer in only 5 minutes new research suggests
ByCanLyme Team September 2, 2015April 21, 2023
Braintree HS graduate continues groundbreaking ticks research By Robert Aicardi baicardi [at] wickedlocal [dot] com Posted Aug. 31, 2015 at 12:30 PM Until now, little research has been conducted about how to cleanse dangerous ticks from clothing by washing or drying it. The federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) office in Fort Collins, Colorado…
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Disease Risk & Landscape Attributes of Tick-Borne Borrelia Pathogens in the San Francisco Bay Area, California
ByCanLyme Team August 28, 2015April 21, 2023
Published: August 19, 2015 – DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134812 Abstract Habitat heterogeneity influences pathogen ecology by affecting vector abundance and the reservoir host communities. We investigated spatial patterns of disease risk for two human pathogens in the Borrelia genus–B. burgdorferi and B. miyamotoi–that are transmitted by the western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus. We collected ticks (349 nymphs,…
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Survey of Ixodes pacificus Ticks in California Reveals a Diversity of Microorganisms and a Novel and Widespread Anaplasmataceae Species.

Response to Canadian Medical Association Journal Lyme practice scenario

Identification of Additional Anti-Persister Activity against Borrelia burgdorferi from an FDA Drug Library

United States : Lyme Disease Association Offers Lyme Conference Scholarships for Medical Students

Canada: President’s Newsbrief – Ontario College of Family Physicians

United Kingdom: Phil Wilson MP: Spreading the word about Lyme [now a pandemic globally]

Consumer Reports: Tick danger in autumn (also effective and safe tick repellents)

Ontario Lyme Alliance responds to article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that missed the mark.

N.L. woman who beat Lyme disease now researching illness in U.S.

Forbes: Lyme Deaths From Heart Inflammation Likely Worse Than We Thought

Tertiary Treponematosis – Lyme Disease, Syphilis, gum disease

Global TV – Lyme disease tests may not be accurate for some Canadians – Patients worried

Toronto: Drawings depict horrors of Lyme disease, artist calls for better testing and treatment

Ticks are killed in clothes dryer in only 5 minutes new research suggests

Disease Risk & Landscape Attributes of Tick-Borne Borrelia Pathogens in the San Francisco Bay Area, California

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