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Co-infection of bacteria and protozoan parasites in Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected in the Alsace region, France
ByCanLyme June 16, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: ‘No Tick is a Good Tick’ Canadian ticks are equally co-infected.] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.06.001 Abstract Fifty nymphal Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Alsace, France, identified by morphological criteria and using MALDI-TOF MS, were tested by PCR to detect tick-associated bacteria and protozoan parasites. Seventy percent (35/50) of ticks contained at least one microorganism; 26% (9/35) contained two or…
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Co-infections | For Physicians
Deadly tick-borne virus cured with experimental flu drug, in mice
ByCanLyme June 14, 2019July 27, 2020
Bourbon virus has sickened people in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma June 13, 2019 “Without the flu drug, 100 percent of the infected mice died, and with the treatment, 100 percent survived,” said Jacco Boon, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine and the paper’s senior author. “Up until now, doctors have not had any way to…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Miscellaneous
Rocky Mountain spotted fever: Mom warns after son’s tick-borne illness
ByCanLyme June 13, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: This is why our motto is ‘No Tick is a Good Tick’. Physicians have got to stop telling people not to worry about tick bites in general. Any species of tick that will bite a human can transmit various serious diseases.] Most people have never heard of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. One mom wants…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Nova Scotia woman behind ‘AtlanTick’ tick repellent shares her children’s struggle with Lyme disease
ByCanLyme June 12, 2019July 27, 2020
June 11, 2019 When it comes to her kids, Mahone Bay’s Lisa Ali-Learning isn’t taking any chances. So when her sons, Darian and Lucas, started to complain about joint pains two years ago, she immediately took them to get tested for Lyme disease. They tested negative. Months passed and with their health declining, the boys…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Government | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Manitoba | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
TICK-BORNE DISEASE COLLABORATIVE CARE TO STREAMLINE HELP FOR MANITOBANS
ByCanLyme June 11, 2019July 27, 2020
Manitobans Reminded to Check for Ticks: Friesen June 10th, 2019 The Manitoba government is moving forward with the establishment of a collaborative care service to streamline and improve health services for patients who show symptoms of late Lyme disease and other emerging tick-borne illnesses, Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Cameron Friesen announced today. “Symptoms…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Miscellaneous
Death of Hampton man with rare tick-borne virus probed
ByCanLyme June 9, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Powassan virus was first reported in Powassan, Ontario, Canada in 1958. (McLean DM, McQueen EJ, Petite HE, MacPherson LW, Scholten TH, Ronald K. Powassan virus: field investigations in Northern Ontario, 1959 to 1961. Can Med Assoc J (1962) 86(21):971–4.) 2017… “The prevalence of POWV in endemic areas may be much higher than originally believed. Some asymptomatic people in these…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario
CTV News, London ON: Lyme disease devastation Pt. 2
ByCanLyme June 5, 2019July 27, 2020
Listen to researcher John Scott’s warning that physician knowledge needs to improve relative to Lyme disease. Watch news clip
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Miscellaneous
CTV News, London ON: Lyme disease devastation Pt. 1
ByCanLyme June 4, 2019July 27, 2020
London, Ontario boy’s life was changed dramatically due to Lyme disease and family had to leave Canada seeking help. Watch news clip
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Featured | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Medical Publications | Research | Voices on Lyme
Response by Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health relative to Lyme disease comes under serious scrutiny as to it’s relevance to ‘true’ science.
ByCanLyme May 27, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Dr. Strang’s response below to CanLyme director Rob Murray’s letter from January 2019 (below) demonstrates an alarming lack of the very principle of scientific due diligence that they accuse Lloyd and Hawkins of. In the weeks that it took to respond, no one seems to have bothered to check to see if the Lloyd…
Read More Response by Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health relative to Lyme disease comes under serious scrutiny as to it’s relevance to ‘true’ science.
For Physicians | Lyme in New Brunswick | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Lyme disease at the forefront during New Brunswick roundtable tick discussion
ByCanLyme May 26, 2019July 27, 2020
Global News “Our public healthcare system should be dealing with this appropriately and it’s not clearly, and it needs to,” added Coon. “And that really goes to the heart of this in a way that there are a significant percentage of people who get bitten by an infected tick who fall through the cracks and…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
Toronto Sun: Ticks: A ticking Lyme bomb
ByCanLyme May 26, 2019July 27, 2020
May 26th, 2019 Nice weather is here and you’re out and about? Be on the lookout for eight-legged menaces on the march. Tick populations armed with the Borrelia bacteria are increasingly creeping into Canada, expanding and growing – and so too the number of tick-borne diseases, predominantly Lyme. It’s a ticking Lyme bomb, and vastly…
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Miscellaneous
The association between infectious burden and Parkinson’s disease: A case-control study
ByCanLyme May 25, 2019July 27, 2020
Abstract Introduction The etiology of Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the association between common pathogenic infections and PD. Methods Antibody titers to common infectious pathogens including cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein Barr virus (EBV)，herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1), Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi), Chlamydophila pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) were measured by ELISA in serum…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Government | International News | Lyme Controversy | Press Releases
Recommendations for Reducing the Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis, a tick-borne disease
ByCanLyme May 23, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Canadian Blood Services does in-house studies with no input from the public and their experts. We, the public, with our experts should be fully engaged in all policies that affect us. From funding determination, terms of reference, study design, to implementation and publishing approval of results we need to be involved as equal…
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For Physicians | Lyme in New Brunswick | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Listen to Dr. Ralph Hawkins discuss Lyme disease on CBC radio in New Brunswick.
ByCanLyme May 23, 2019July 27, 2020
Fredericton, NB: Dr. Ralph Hawkins is a Calgary physician and one of this country’s leading voices in the fight against Lyme disease. He says patients are being ‘profoundly disrespected”, and it’s time to step up the fight. The public roundtable on Lyme disease is tonight from 7 to 9 at the Crowne Plaza in Fredericton….
Read More Listen to Dr. Ralph Hawkins discuss Lyme disease on CBC radio in New Brunswick.
For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Vancouver couple believe Lyme disease played role in son’s suicide
ByCanLyme May 20, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Suicide is one of the most commonly reported causes of death related to Lyme disease, far ahead of heart and other problems.] Onetime Columbia River basketball standout Zach Moritz died in 2015 Published: May 19, 2019, 6:05 AM on The Columbian As Zach Moritz sat in the shade of the sequoia trees, he could envision…
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News and updates

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Germs spread by ticks and cats found in suicidal youth

Scholarship opportunity for undergraduates with a project focused on Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases

Living with persistent illness and uncertainty: Patient narratives on Lyme disease in Nova Scotia, Canada

Lyme disease is becoming one of Canada’s defining climate-health challenges

Announcing the second annual Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Conference

Feeling sick after eating that steak dinner? You could have a rare but potentially severe tick-borne allergy

Elliot Jacobson: Downstream Secondary Illness in Lyme Disease

Co-infection of bacteria and protozoan parasites in Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected in the Alsace region, France

Deadly tick-borne virus cured with experimental flu drug, in mice

Rocky Mountain spotted fever: Mom warns after son’s tick-borne illness

Nova Scotia woman behind ‘AtlanTick’ tick repellent shares her children’s struggle with Lyme disease

TICK-BORNE DISEASE COLLABORATIVE CARE TO STREAMLINE HELP FOR MANITOBANS

Death of Hampton man with rare tick-borne virus probed

CTV News, London ON: Lyme disease devastation Pt. 2

CTV News, London ON: Lyme disease devastation Pt. 1

Response by Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health relative to Lyme disease comes under serious scrutiny as to it’s relevance to ‘true’ science.

Lyme disease at the forefront during New Brunswick roundtable tick discussion

Toronto Sun: Ticks: A ticking Lyme bomb

The association between infectious burden and Parkinson’s disease: A case-control study

Recommendations for Reducing the Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis, a tick-borne disease

Listen to Dr. Ralph Hawkins discuss Lyme disease on CBC radio in New Brunswick.

Vancouver couple believe Lyme disease played role in son’s suicide

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