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Unique strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum segregate among diverse questing and non-questing Ixodes tick species in the western United States
ByCanLyme Team September 4, 2013April 21, 2023
Abstract The emerging tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum infects humans, domestic animals, and wildlife throughout the Holarctic. In the western US, the ecology of A. phagocytophilum is particularly complex, with multiple pathogen strains, tick vectors, and reservoir hosts. A recent phylogenetic analysis of A. phagocytophilum strains isolated from various small mammal hosts in California documented distinct…
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Government | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Voices on Lyme
Listen to Dr. Bonnie Henry, regarding the BC Clinic, completely ignore the vast patient group who do respond to longer term antibiotics
ByCanLyme Team September 3, 2013April 21, 2023
Listen to the many wobble words and phrases used by Dr. Bonnie Henry to discount the dramatic benefit to thousands of people with Lyme Disease who finally receive longer term (not lifetime) antibiotics. Keep’em sick she says… give those unfortunate castaways pain killers and nice talk. What tests have the BC CDC developed and where…
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Medical Publications
Patient only gets his life back after longer term antibiotic intervention, and another begins the treatment – watch their stories
ByCanLyme Team September 3, 2013April 21, 2023
‘You don’t have Lyme’, or, ‘those rogue doctors are going to harm you with those horrible antibiotics’, these are statements made by doctors frequently to patients who either have the positive test for Lyme disease or have all the clinical symptoms of the disease. The medical community is under-educated, overly misinformed intentionally by the medical…
Read More Patient only gets his life back after longer term antibiotic intervention, and another begins the treatment – watch their stories
International News | Miscellaneous
Riot Grrrl Back From the Brink – Lyme Disease took her down for over 6 years
ByCanLyme Team September 3, 2013April 21, 2023
By MELENA RYZIK Published: September 1, 2013 in the New York Times Donating her file cabinet, full of old journals, letters and zines to New York University’s Fales Library archive was a bittersweet move for Kathleen Hanna. A singer and founder of the riot grrrl band Bikini Kill and the feminist electro-pop act Le Tigre,…
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Lyme in BC | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
CanLyme director David Cubberley speaks to CBC radio on the failings of the tax payer funded BC clinic
ByCanLyme Team September 2, 2013April 21, 2023
CanLyme director, David Cubberley, speaks to CBC radio on the failings of the Vancouver based BC Complex Chronic Disease Program situated at the BC Women’s Hospital. Listen here
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Lyme in BC | Voices on Lyme
Victoria Times Colonist: Lyme disease clinic a ‘waste’ group says
ByCanLyme Team August 29, 2013April 21, 2023
BC’s new complex chronic disease program is a “complete waste of time” for Lyme disease patients, says the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation. The foundation, which advocates for better testing, diagnosis and treatment, withdrew its endorsement of the program at BC Women’s Hospital on Wednesday. Read full article
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC Women’s Hospital.
ByCanLyme Team August 28, 2013April 21, 2023
Press release: August 28th, 2013 Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC Women’s Hospital. The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) today announced it is withdrawing its support for the BC Complex Chronic Disease Clinic. The Clinic was initially proposed to address inadequate diagnostics and treatment for Lyme…
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Medical Publications | Research
The combined use of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics as risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection
ByCanLyme Team August 28, 2013April 21, 2023
Healthcare Infection, 08/21/2013 Clinical Article Kassavin DS et al. – A review of the incidence of Clostridium. difficile infection (CDI) at the hospital was performed due to the morbidity of CDI in its fulminate form, reports of the increased incidence of CDI in the United States and the increased use of medications associated with its onset….
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Manitoba | Voices on Lyme
Medical abuse in Manitoba – a plea for sanity in a messed up system
ByCanLyme Team August 27, 2013April 21, 2023
This is a copy of a letter I was asked by Marie Hughes to write on her behalf. It was sent to every sitting member of the Manitoba legislature. I have Marie’s permission to publish it here. Manitoba Health July 22, 2013 Insured Benefits Branch 975 Henderson HWY Winnipeg, MB R2K 4L7 Att: xxxxxxxx…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
Lyme Disease: Spreading across Canada – The Nature of Things with David Suzuki
ByCanLyme Team August 24, 2013April 21, 2023
“It’s official. A March 2012 study confirmed that the tick that spreads lyme disease has been infiltrating Canada for the past 20 years. Despite this many Canadians still tell tales of years of misdiagnosis and mistreatment as doctors tell them that it just isn’t possible to contract lyme disease in this country.” Watch prevues with…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Research | Voices on Lyme
Lyme disease more common than previously thought [10 times more cases says US CDC putting number at 300,000 cases per year!]
ByCanLyme Team August 23, 2013April 21, 2023
ATLANTA August 19, 2013 (AP) By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Lyme disease is about 10 times more common than previously reported, health officials said Monday. As many as 300,000 Americans are actually diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced. Usually, only 20,000 to 30,000 illnesses are…
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Medical Publications | Research
The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorfer
ByCanLyme Team August 21, 2013April 21, 2023
R.A. Elsner, S.W. Barthold, N. Baumgarth https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043466613003542 Graduate Group in Microbiology and the Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA In vertebrates including humans, mice and dogs, the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) causes a chronic, non-resolving infection known as Lyme disease, which requires antibiotic treatment to clear the bacteria. Re-infections are common…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Research | Voices on Lyme
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Solutions – Ticks
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
To date in my “Ticks” series, we have learned from leading global experts that tick-borne illnesses (including Lyme disease) are possibly the most complicated and substantial global medical research challenges that exist today and that they threaten to dominate global health care tomorrow. Solutions are tough to find since the bacteria are difficult to diagnose…
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Lyme in Manitoba | Research | Voices on Lyme
CBC News: Reports of Lyme disease triple in southern Manitoba
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
The number of black-legged ticks in southeastern Manitoba is on the rise, which has led to a surge in the incidents of Lyme disease. Reports of the disease tripled in 2012 over the year before – going from seven to 21 – according to Shelley Buchan, the medical officer of health for the southern regional…
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International News | Medical Publications | Research
Still Lots of Unknowns
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
Much of the controversy over Lyme disease centers on the patients who experience chronic illness. When Lyme is caught late, patients may continue to have lingering symptoms even after antibiotic treatment. Research on primates has shown that the Lyme-causing bacteria can physically remain even after antibiotic treatment. While it is still unknown why these patients…
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Unique strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum segregate among diverse questing and non-questing Ixodes tick species in the western United States

Listen to Dr. Bonnie Henry, regarding the BC Clinic, completely ignore the vast patient group who do respond to longer term antibiotics

Patient only gets his life back after longer term antibiotic intervention, and another begins the treatment – watch their stories

Riot Grrrl Back From the Brink – Lyme Disease took her down for over 6 years

CanLyme director David Cubberley speaks to CBC radio on the failings of the tax payer funded BC clinic

Victoria Times Colonist: Lyme disease clinic a ‘waste’ group says

Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC Women’s Hospital.

The combined use of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics as risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection

Medical abuse in Manitoba – a plea for sanity in a messed up system

Lyme Disease: Spreading across Canada – The Nature of Things with David Suzuki

Lyme disease more common than previously thought [10 times more cases says US CDC putting number at 300,000 cases per year!]

The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorfer

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Solutions – Ticks

CBC News: Reports of Lyme disease triple in southern Manitoba

Still Lots of Unknowns

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