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Human seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Manitoba, Canada, in 2011-2014: a cross-sectional study.

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CMAJ Open. 2017 Sep 6;5(3):E690-E693. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170070. Kadkhoda K, et al Abstract BACKGROUND: Hard tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia miyamotoi has been reported in Russia, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan and the northeastern and upper midwestern United States. We sought to investigate the presence of B. miyamotoi infection in humans in Manitoba, Canada. METHODS: Two hundred…

France – Maladie de Lyme: 300 malades vont déposer plainte au pénal dès janvier

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Dec 20, 2017 300 personnes atteintes de la maladie de Lyme vont porter plainte au pénal, début janvier. Des plaintes pour trafic d’influence, abus de biens sociaux et recel d’abus de bien sociaux, mise en danger de la vie d’autrui, violation du principe d’indépendance des experts et du principe d’absence de conflit d’intérêt. La maladie…

France – Maladie de Lyme: 300 malades vont déposer plainte au pénal dès janvier

ByCanLyme Team

Dec 20, 2017 300 personnes atteintes de la maladie de Lyme vont porter plainte au pénal, début janvier. Des plaintes pour trafic d’influence, abus de biens sociaux et recel d’abus de bien sociaux, mise en danger de la vie d’autrui, violation du principe d’indépendance des experts et du principe d’absence de conflit d’intérêt. La maladie…

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Lyme in the maritimes: Health P.E.I. should re-evaluate efforts at prevention and diagnosis of tick-borne diseases

ByCanLyme Team

BY CHRIS ROBINSON [ – Chris Robinson is a health economist / epidemiologist, and former head of Evidence and Risk Assessment Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada. He is now retired and living in Cavendish ] January 9th, 2017 published by The Guardian There are no deer on P.E.I….

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Saskatoon women frustrated with provincial testing methods for Lyme disease

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Erin Petrow, Saskatoon Starphoenix January 8th, 2018 When Danielle Briske started having severe migrating muscle pain and weakness, plus a variety of other symptoms, doctors kept telling her it was all in her head. As it turned out, Briske had contracted Lyme disease. The diagnosis took months and more than $8,000 to confirm. According to…

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Legislative Package To Fight Lyme Disease Introduced In NY

ByCanLyme Team

December 29th, A package of state legislation aimed at fighting Lyme and tick-borne diseases is being introduced ahead of the 2018 session by Senator Susan Serino (R, Hyde Park), chairwoman of the Senate’s Lyme Task Force. She teamed up with Senator Kemp Hannon (R, Garden City), chairman of the Senate’s Health Committee, to introduce four…

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Canadian legend passes away – helped raise money for CanLyme – Johnny Bower

ByCanLyme Team

December 27th, 2017 Johnny Bower, Canadian hockey legend and amazing humanitarian passed away on December 26th, 2017. He was a hero to so many in the 1960’s and beyond including myself (Jim Wilson, President, CanLyme – a dogged Toronto Maple Leaf fan from about age 7, to today, age 64). How does this relate to…

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CANADA, CASE REPORT: New-onset Bell palsy and Lyme disease

ByCanLyme Team

[Canlyme Note: It is important for physicians to be aware that treatment duration is to be determined by the clinical presentation not by preset limitations. The only recognized guidelines that meet the Institute of Medicine GRADE level criteria, which are the only Lyme disease guidelines published on the US government guideline website, are those published by…

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Spain has significant risk areas for contracting Lyme disease (borreliosis)

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Molecular identification of Borrelia spirochetes in questing Ixodes ricinus from northwestern Spain Published online December 20th, 2107 Pablo Diaz et al ABSTRACT Background Ixodes ricinus, the predominant tick species in Europe, can transmit the causative agents of important human diseases such as Lyme borreliosis (LB), caused by Borrelia spirochetes. In northern Spain, LB is considered endemic; recently, a significant increase of the…

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Reindeer pet hit with tick borne babesiosis just south of Canadian border – survives

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December 22nd, 2017 “Santa needs good reindeer.” That was what Red Jacket High School principal Mark Bracy told Mike Schaertl in early November. Schaertl, a chemistry and physics teacher in the district for the last 20 years, had gone home during his lunch hour to check on his two reindeer, Little Buddy and Moose. Schaertl said Little Buddy…

Lyme disease in Alberta article takes number three spot in top ten stories for 2017

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See top ten list Lyme-disease carrying ticks on the rise in Alberta   Edmonton a possible hotspot; 6 things to watch for. By BEV BETKOWSKI Up to one in five Albertans bitten by ticks this summer could be at risk for Lyme disease, a University of Alberta expert says. Once thought to be rare in…

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Nearly 50% of ticks test positive for Lyme bacteria in Onondaga County

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[CanLyme Note: This area is only a short flight to Ontario and Quebec for the migratory birds such as robins, wrens, and finches who carry these infected ticks into your region in the millions each season. Canada is endemic for Lyme disease and our government needs to stop wasting money chasing ticks and start funding research…

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Late Disseminated Lyme Disease: Associated Pathology and Spirochete Persistence Post-Treatment in Rhesus Macaques

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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.11.005 Nicholas A. Crossland, Xavier Alvarez, Monica E. Embers Abstract Non-human primates currently serve as the best experimental model for Lyme disease due to their close genetic homology with humans and demonstration of all three phases of disease following infection with Borreliella (Borrelia) burgdorferi (Bb). We investigated the pathology associated with late disseminated Lyme disease (12 to…

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Lyme disease in North America for 20,000 years

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Lyme bacteria settled in North America far earlier than we thought While the Lyme disease outbreak in people dates back only about 40 years, the bacterium that causes this disease has called North America home for more than 20,000 years, according to a study published in August in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. The epidemic began…