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CanLyme’s Dr. Vett Lloyd and Dr. Anna Ignaszak studying tiny biosensor to detect bacteria in patients’ urine.
Health-care professionals often don’t listen to their female patients, researchers say.
Several creatures are able to glue themselves to rocks or solid surfaces – think mussels or spiders – but ticks are different.
‘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.
Grappling with the challenge of estimating future Lyme disease incidence and economic costs for the 21st century with projected climate change.
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.
The work of understanding why some ticks carry pathogens and others do not, while not straightforward, is important.
Permethrin treated clothing is often recommended as an evidence-based means of preventing tick bites. Unfortunately, in Canada, there are limited options for purchasing permethrin treated clothing and permethrin spray is not easily available in the 0.5% concentration suitable for do-it-yourself treatment of clothing. A recently-published study in the Journal of Medical Entomology authored by Nadolny and…
A new study published in Annals of Medicine explores the potential for machine learning algorithms to predict the risk of tick-borne diseases around Europe. Ticks, known carriers of many pathogens, are influenced by a combination of factors, including climate, landscape, and host availability. This research uses machine learning to predict where tick concentrations are highest. …
Prevention and the need for better diagnostic tools also recognized by researchers.
By the end of the review, you may discover that you have more in common with the bemused Arthur Dent than you might have expected.
Interrogating mammal species richness as a predictor of the number of pathogens in black-legged ticks.
32% of the adult and nymph ticks tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
