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Lyme Disease: Diversity of Borrelia Species in California and Mexico Detected Using a Novel Immunoblot Assay
ByCanLyme April 16, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract Background: With more than 300,000 new cases reported each year in the United States of America (USA), Lyme disease is a major public health concern. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (Bbss) is considered the primary agent of Lyme disease in North America. However, multiple genetically diverse Borrelia species encompassing the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl) complex and the Relapsing Fever Borrelia (RFB) group…
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Lyme Disease Frontiers: Reconciling Borrelia Biology and Clinical Conundrums
ByCanLyme April 5, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract Lyme disease is a complex tick-borne zoonosis that poses an escalating public health threat in several parts of the world, despite sophisticated healthcare infrastructure and decades of effort to address the problem. Concepts like the true burden of the illness, from incidence rates to longstanding consequences of infection, and optimal case management, also remain…
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How do infections like the coronavirus jump from animals to people?
ByCanLyme April 4, 2020July 27, 2020
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
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Monitoring of Nesting Songbirds Detects Established Population of Blacklegged Ticks and Associated Lyme Disease Endemic Area in Canada
ByCanLyme April 4, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract This study provides a novel method of documenting established populations of bird-feeding ticks. Single populations of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, and the rabbit tick, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, were revealed in southwestern Québec, Canada. Blacklegged tick nymphs and, similarly, larval and nymphal rabbit ticks were tested for the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl), using PCR and…
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Best advice yet on COVID-19 from front line expert… important for Lyme sufferers.
ByCanLyme March 27, 2020July 27, 2020
FYI… Best good advice on COVID-19 that applies to us all by a front line physician at one of the busiest COVID hospitals in the US. Knowledge saves lives, reduces fear. Pass along if you feel this is important information. Watch Presentation
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Dr. Ralph G. Hawkins: Bridging Differences
ByCanLyme March 16, 2020July 27, 2020
Dr. Ralph Hawkins gave an excellent talk at the Bridgewater, N.S. conference where he delved into the many problems with diagnostics, treatment and surveillance of Lyme disease. He also broached the topic from a legal perspective discussing the legal principles pertaining to Standard of Care. Watch presentation
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Canadian MP Len Webber addresses Minister of Health on Lyme disease
ByCanLyme March 12, 2020July 27, 2020
Minister of Health Patty Hajdu readily admits there is “still lots to learn” about treatment of Lyme disease but as typical opts to keep sick people sick without options of extended antibiotic treatment that has helped hundreds of thousands of people who had to leave Canada for help. Instead she wants more research, none of…
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Potential treatment for Lyme disease kills bacteria that may cause lingering symptoms, study finds
ByCanLyme March 12, 2020July 27, 2020
March 12, 2020 “For decades, the routine treatment for Lyme disease has been standard antibiotics, which usually kill off the infection. But for up to 20% of people with the tick-borne illness, the antibiotics don’t work, and lingering symptoms of muscle pain, fatigue and cognitive impairment can continue for years – sometimes indefinitely. A new…
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Canadian has brain of 70-year-old after ‘flawed’ test let disease go undiagnosed for years
ByCanLyme March 11, 2020July 27, 2020
March 11th, 2018 TORONTO — A young Canadian woman has been left with the brain of a 70-year-old after suffering from Lyme disease for more than seven years without treatment because she says tests failed to give her a proper diagnosis. St. Catharines, Ont., woman Nikki Kent was bitten by a tick in 2013 at…
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Post-treatment Lyme Disease as a Model for Persistent Symptoms in Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme March 10, 2020July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: The term post treatment Lyme disease syndrome is controversial and excludes those not effectively treated following the current treatment guidelines imposed upon physicians and patients.] “It has long been observed in clinical practice that a subset of patients with Lyme disease report a constellation of symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive difficulties, and musculoskeletal…
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A Mystery Illness That Changed My Life
ByCanLyme March 10, 2020July 27, 2020
“As I was getting my body ready for my 1st pregnancy, my doctor at the time was running blood work, and I was told I had a low white blood cell count. This ended up being chronic, and I went through my first and second pregnancy not making anything much of it. I had seen…
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Borrelia burgdorferi hijacks cellular metabolism of immune cells: Consequences for host defense
ByCanLyme March 7, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract Changes in cellular metabolism have proven to be important factors in driving cell behavior. It has been shown that cellular metabolism of immune cells changes when exposed to or infected by several pathogens: while this is often an adaptation of the host cells to the infection, sometimes it represents a mechanism through which the…
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Tipping Point: The Resistance Is Gaining In The Lyme Wars
ByCanLyme February 28, 2020July 27, 2020
By Mary Beth Pfeiffer ” Government and medicine have systematically failed to diagnose, treat or prevent a spreading plague of ticks. And they know it. “ For two decades, Lyme disease has had dueling identities. A burgeoning epidemic wrought by ticks. A raging controversy over why patients stay sick – and what to do for…
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Canada loses a great Lyme disease defender, Paul Haefling author of Oh Canada: The “Politicks” of Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme February 27, 2020July 27, 2020
Obituary Haefling, Paul M.A. (English), LL.B – Passed away surrounded by his loving wife Catherine of 54 years and family members at the Wellington Terrace Nursing Home in Fergus on Monday, January 13, 2020. Paul Haefling, in his 79th year, was the husband of Catherine (Lipton) Haefling. Predeceased by his parents Jerome and Irene (Sullivan)…
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Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease
ByCanLyme February 26, 2020July 27, 2020
Neuroscience News February 21, 2020 …” The researchers show that plant extracts from black walnut, cat’s claw, sweet wormwood, Mediterranean rockrose, and Chinese skullcap had strong activity against B. burgdorferi, outperforming both tested antibiotics.” Read full article
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Lyme Disease: Diversity of Borrelia Species in California and Mexico Detected Using a Novel Immunoblot Assay

Lyme Disease Frontiers: Reconciling Borrelia Biology and Clinical Conundrums

How do infections like the coronavirus jump from animals to people?

Monitoring of Nesting Songbirds Detects Established Population of Blacklegged Ticks and Associated Lyme Disease Endemic Area in Canada

Best advice yet on COVID-19 from front line expert… important for Lyme sufferers.

Dr. Ralph G. Hawkins: Bridging Differences

Canadian MP Len Webber addresses Minister of Health on Lyme disease

Potential treatment for Lyme disease kills bacteria that may cause lingering symptoms, study finds

Canadian has brain of 70-year-old after ‘flawed’ test let disease go undiagnosed for years

Post-treatment Lyme Disease as a Model for Persistent Symptoms in Lyme Disease

A Mystery Illness That Changed My Life

Borrelia burgdorferi hijacks cellular metabolism of immune cells: Consequences for host defense

Tipping Point: The Resistance Is Gaining In The Lyme Wars

Canada loses a great Lyme disease defender, Paul Haefling author of Oh Canada: The “Politicks” of Lyme Disease

Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease

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