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As Lyme disease rapidly spreads in Canada, there is no immediate test to detect it
ByCanLyme May 18, 2019July 27, 2020
Experts say precaution is crucially important May 17th, 2019 by Anam Khan, GUELPHTODAY.com As the warmer weather finally sets in, the tick season brings on a serious cause for concern as Lyme disease cases in Canada rapidly rise. The problem? There is no perfect laboratory test that can tell you whether or not you have…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Long time Lyme disease patient advocate warns Nova Scotians about ticks and medical practices
ByCanLyme May 18, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Here we are in 2019 and doctors are still telling patients not to worry about a tick attachment. Ticks are nature’s dirty little needle and they carry much more than just Lyme disease. Some of these other diseases can be transmitted shortly after attachment. Watching and waiting only allows disease to spread making treatment…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Metamorphoses of Lyme disease spirochetes: phenomenon of Borrelia persisters
ByCanLyme May 17, 2019July 27, 2020
Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:237 Natalie Rudenko; Maryna Golovchenko; Katerina Kybicova and Marie Vancova Published May 16, 2019 Abstract The survival of spirochetes from the Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) complex in a hostile environment is achieved by the regulation of differential gene expression in response to changes in temperature, salts, nutrient content, acidity fluctuation, multiple host or vector dependent factors, and leads to the…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Where Lyme Disease Came From and Why It Eludes Treatment
ByCanLyme May 17, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: The title is a bit misleading. The bacteria that causes Lyme disease is millions of years old according to research. Why it spread so quickly in the past 60 years is the question, and climate change (warming) only accounts for some of that spread because countries with colder climates than Canada have had Lyme…
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Oshawa, ON: Lyme Disease: A silent epidemic
ByCanLyme May 16, 2019July 27, 2020
Posted on May 14, 2019 by oshawaexpress in IN THE SPOTLIGHT, THE FOURTH ESTATE By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express With Lyme Disease Awareness Month now in full swing, Linda Lowery hopes awareness regarding the disease will spread. Lyme disease is a bacterial illness that affects people and animals. It spreads by the bite of an infected tick. However, according to Lowery…
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Events
Media Advisory: Health officials to present information about blacklegged ticks and Lyme disease in Toronto
ByCanLyme May 15, 2019July 27, 2020
May 15, 2019 Health officials to present information about blacklegged ticks and Lyme disease in Toronto Toronto Public Health will hold a media event tomorrow at Morningside Park to describe the City’s blacklegged tick surveillance activities and provide tips to help Torontonians avoid contracting Lyme disease. The event will include a demonstration of “dragging”…
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There’s no evidence quick dose of antibiotics will stave off Lyme
ByCanLyme May 7, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Canadians have got to beware of information produced by any members of the Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network (CLyDRN) as their information does not serve you the public, but instead serves the for-profit medical industry and their many components while patients struggle with a lifetime of disability and multiple daily drugs not intended to…
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A Boy Heard a Buzzing Sound in His Ear. It Was a Tick on His Eardrum.
ByCanLyme May 2, 2019July 27, 2020
By Rachael Rettner, May 2nd, 2019 A 9-year-old boy who heard a buzzing sound in his ear turned out to have a tick attached to his eardrum. Above, an image of the tick inside the boy’s ear. There are some sounds you hope you never hear. For example, the buzzing sound of a tick burrowing…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
When Lyme Disease Doesn’t Go Away
ByCanLyme May 2, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: The term “post-treatment” is misleading because it implies effective treatment was given when in fact it was not, because it was too short in duration, dosage, or the wrong antibiotic or antibiotic combination for that person.] iIt’s tick season. Here’s what Brian Fallon, the director of Columbia’s Lyme & Tick-borne Diseases Research Center,…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Ontario, Canada: ‘I thought I was going to die’: 3 Dufferin County residents battling Lyme disease hope to help others avoid similar fate
ByCanLyme April 30, 2019July 27, 2020
Apr 29, 2019 – by Alexandra Heck Orangeville Banner “For three and a half years, Costigan suffered from about 33 different symptoms, including flu, neurological, spasms, headaches and more. After a slew of testing and referrals to different doctors, there was a clue. What if it was Lyme disease, one specialist suggested, noting that he…
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Microbiome analysis of Ixodes scapularis ticks from New York and Connecticut.
ByCanLyme April 27, 2019July 27, 2020
Ahead of print abstract…April 15, 2019 Abstract We employed high throughput sequencing to survey the microbiomes of Ixodes scapularis collected in New York and Connecticut. We examined 197 individual I. scapularis adults and pools from 132 adults and 197 nymphs. We detected Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in 56.3% of individual ticks, Anaplasma phagocytophilum in 10.6%,…
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Three-antibiotic cocktail clears ‘persister’ Lyme bacteria in mouse study
ByCanLyme April 24, 2019July 27, 2020
April 23rd, 2019 A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that a slow-growing variant form of Lyme bacteria caused severe symptoms in a mouse model. The slow-growing variant form of Lyme bacteria, according to the researchers, may account for the persistent symptoms seen in ten to twenty…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Tick-borne pathogen detection in midgut and salivary glands of adult Ixodes ricinus
ByCanLyme April 18, 2019July 27, 2020
Lejal et al. Parasites Vectors (2019) 12:152 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3418-7 Abstract Background: The tick midgut and salivary glands represent the primary organs for pathogen acquisition and trans‑ mission, respectively. Specifcally, the midgut is the frst organ to have contact with pathogens during the blood meal uptake, while salivary glands along with their secretions play a crucial role…
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The Scientist – Opinion: The “Money Culture” in Academic Biomedical Research
ByCanLyme April 15, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: This for profit money drive takes medical research away from cure to ‘a drug for every symptom’. In Canada, relative to Lyme disease, the private Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease of Canada (AMMI), is an extension of the ‘do not cure’ medical money machine. They offer opinion and poorly designed research to…
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Bartonella henselae Bloodstream Infection in a Boy With Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
ByCanLyme April 13, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Bartonella bacteria can be transmitted by ticks, cat scratches, dog saliva, etc.] Published in the Jounral of Central Nervous System Disease, March 18th, Edward B Breitshwerdt et al Abstract Background: With the advent of more sensitive culture and molecular diagnostic testing modalities, Bartonella spp. infections have been documented in blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid specimens from patients…
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News and updates

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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

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Elliot Jacobson: Downstream Secondary Illness in Lyme Disease

As Lyme disease rapidly spreads in Canada, there is no immediate test to detect it

Long time Lyme disease patient advocate warns Nova Scotians about ticks and medical practices

Metamorphoses of Lyme disease spirochetes: phenomenon of Borrelia persisters

Where Lyme Disease Came From and Why It Eludes Treatment

Oshawa, ON: Lyme Disease: A silent epidemic

Media Advisory: Health officials to present information about blacklegged ticks and Lyme disease in Toronto

There’s no evidence quick dose of antibiotics will stave off Lyme

A Boy Heard a Buzzing Sound in His Ear. It Was a Tick on His Eardrum.

When Lyme Disease Doesn’t Go Away

Ontario, Canada: ‘I thought I was going to die’: 3 Dufferin County residents battling Lyme disease hope to help others avoid similar fate

Microbiome analysis of Ixodes scapularis ticks from New York and Connecticut.

Three-antibiotic cocktail clears ‘persister’ Lyme bacteria in mouse study

Tick-borne pathogen detection in midgut and salivary glands of adult Ixodes ricinus

The Scientist – Opinion: The “Money Culture” in Academic Biomedical Research

Bartonella henselae Bloodstream Infection in a Boy With Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome

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