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Dr. Ralph Hawkins presents on a probabilistic approach to understanding uncertainty in medical diagnosis. From the Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Conference in 2025.
Infrared imaging can detect early Lyme inflammation invisible to the naked eye, Ukrainian study suggests.
More than 60 Canadian health professionals from a wide range of disciplines gathered in Toronto.
22% of patients with early Lyme need more treatment months later, but the vast majority don’t get it, U.S. study suggests.
Ontario physicians call for heightened awareness after treating rare case of anaplasmosis.
Diagnoses should be more than just a laboratory test result.
Top U.S. experts warn of an ‘urgent need to identify and develop safe and effective treatments.’
There’s a stubborn lack of significant change in Canada regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
Presentation to pathology staff and trainees at Ontario Forensic Pathology Services in Toronto.
Health-care professionals often don’t listen to their female patients, researchers say.
‘Future large-scale prospective studies are warranted,’ authors say.
Mapping of disease-causing ticks is ‘currently insufficient,’ new report says.
Lyme is widely recognized as an underreported illness. For example, a 2015 American study shows cases in the U.S. were likely 10 times higher than reported. The authors wanted to see whether a similar gap exists in Manitoba.
While the current numbers likely underrepresent the number of people living with Lyme disease in Canada, it is still important to note that even with passive surveillance, the number of cases per year has increased, showing the need for more accurate surveillance methods as well as public health initiatives for prevention and early detection and treatment.
Every year more Canadian health care practitioners are realizing the importance of tick borne and other chronic infections and more are attending conferences such as ILADS.
The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation is dedicated to promoting research, education, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme and associated diseases.
