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Co-infections | For Physicians | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
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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For Physicians | International News | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
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…
Read More Potential treatment for Lyme disease kills bacteria that may cause lingering symptoms, study finds
Lyme Controversy | Media | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Shania Twain: I’m never going to have my old voice again
ByCanLyme March 11, 2020July 27, 2020
March 8, 2020 “She got the tick-borne illness in 2003, and had to undergo open-throat surgery after her voice was damaged by the effects of dysphonia as a result of the disease. Now, Shania has said she “mourned” the loss of her voice, …” ” Speaking in a preview clip for an upcoming interview, she…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
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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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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Co-infections | Miscellaneous | Research
Transgenic functional complementation with a transmission -associated protein restores spirochete infectivity by tick bite
ByCanLyme March 7, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract The relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii and the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto each produces an abundant, orthologous, outer membrane protein, Vtp and OspC, respectively, when transmitted by tick bite. Gene inactivation studies have shown that both proteins are essential for spirochete infectivity when transmitted by their respective tick vectors. Therefore, we transformed a vtp-minus mutant of B….
Read More Transgenic functional complementation with a transmission -associated protein restores spirochete infectivity by tick bite
Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
The General Symptom Questionnaire-30 (GSQ-30): A Brief Measure of Multi-System Symptom Burden in Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme February 28, 2020July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: The term post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) referenced in this article is contentious as it implies treatment has eradicated the infectious Lyme disease borrelia bacteria. There is an abundance of evidence showing that the bacteria can survive recommended treatment periods. Many people do well with longer term treatment while others do not respond…
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For Physicians | International News | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
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
Read More Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease
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Genetic Manipulation of Borrelia Spp
ByCanLyme February 19, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract The spirochetes Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii, the etiologic agents of Lyme disease and relapsing fever, respectively, cycle in nature between an arthropod vector and a vertebrate host. They have extraordinarily unusual genomes that are highly segmented and predominantly linear. The genetic analyses of Lyme disease spirochetes have become increasingly more sophisticated, while the age of genetic investigation…
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Miscellaneous | Research
Non-anticoagulant heparin as a pre-exposure prophylaxis prevents Lyme disease infection.
ByCanLyme January 24, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract Lyme disease (LD) is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl). After transmission to humans by ticks, Bbsl spreads to multiple organs, leading to arthritis, carditis, and neuroborreliosis. No effective prophylaxis against human LD prior to tick exposure is currently availa-ble. Thus, a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against LD is needed. The establishment of LD…
Read More Non-anticoagulant heparin as a pre-exposure prophylaxis prevents Lyme disease infection.
Co-infections | Miscellaneous | Research
Prevalence of Infection and Co-Infection and Presence of Rickettsial Endosymbionts in Ixodes Scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Connecticut, USA.
ByCanLyme January 24, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract Ixodes scapularis is currently known to transmit 7 pathogens responsible for Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, tick-borne relapsing fever, ehrlichiosis, and Powassan encephalitis. Ixodes scapularis can also be colonized by endosymbiotic bacteria including those in the genus of Rickettsia. We screened 459 I. scapularis ticks submitted to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Tick Testing Laboratory with the objectives to (1) examine…
Read More Prevalence of Infection and Co-Infection and Presence of Rickettsial Endosymbionts in Ixodes Scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Connecticut, USA.
Lyme in New Brunswick | Research | Voices on Lyme
Talking Ticks and Lyme Disease Testing with Dr. Vett Lloyd
ByCanLyme January 22, 2020July 27, 2020
Most researchers are inspired to specialize in a particular field by a fascinating graduate course, an inspiring professor or a promising lab test. Dr. Vett Lloyd has a slightly more unique reason for devoting a large portion of her career to the study of Lyme disease: she was actually diagnosed with it. A geneticist by…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Research
Lyme disease in children: Data from the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program
ByCanLyme January 4, 2020July 27, 2020
Online November 30th, 2019 Abstract BACKGROUND: Lyme disease (LD) is an infectious disease that is emerging in eastern and central Canada associated with the spread of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis. National surveillance shows that children are an at-risk age group. OBJECTIVES: To study the epidemiology of LD in Canadian children using the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP) to better…
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Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Research
‘No one wanted to touch it’: Why a Lyme disease vaccine has been so elusive
ByCanLyme December 17, 2019July 27, 2020
Cassandra Willyard December 16th, 2019 …”If the new vaccine does make it to market, will it fare any better than LYMErix? According to >Gregory Poland, co-director of the Vaccine Research Group at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who has given scientific advice to Valneva, that’s “a multi-million dollar question.” One factor that led to LYMErix’s demise…
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Co-infections | Conferences | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Research | Voices on Lyme
Dr. Neil Spector presents new research on diagnostics and treatment
ByCanLyme December 16, 2019July 27, 2020
November 18th, 2019 Dr. Neil Spector, a world famous cancer researcher who contracted Lyme disease, gives an amazing presentation of potential new diagnostics and treatments for Lyme borreliosis and other infections. He is grateful for the support of the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation. Watch full presentation
Read More Dr. Neil Spector presents new research on diagnostics and treatment

Research

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

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

Shania Twain: I’m never going to have my old voice again

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

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

Transgenic functional complementation with a transmission -associated protein restores spirochete infectivity by tick bite

The General Symptom Questionnaire-30 (GSQ-30): A Brief Measure of Multi-System Symptom Burden in Lyme Disease

Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease

Genetic Manipulation of Borrelia Spp

Non-anticoagulant heparin as a pre-exposure prophylaxis prevents Lyme disease infection.

Prevalence of Infection and Co-Infection and Presence of Rickettsial Endosymbionts in Ixodes Scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Connecticut, USA.

Talking Ticks and Lyme Disease Testing with Dr. Vett Lloyd

Lyme disease in children: Data from the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program

‘No one wanted to touch it’: Why a Lyme disease vaccine has been so elusive

Dr. Neil Spector presents new research on diagnostics and treatment

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