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KSHB TV Kansas: New tick-borne virus discovered after the death of Kansas man
ByCanLyme Team December 18, 2014April 21, 2023
December 17th, 2014 KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A new, never before seen virus has been discovered in Kansas. The CDC is now investigating after the tick-borne illness, dubbed “Bourbon Virus,” was linked to the death of a Kansas man. Up until recently, the man’s death remained a mystery. Now, doctors at the University of Kansas…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Alberta | Voices on Lyme
No concern about why the patient is sick, just that it is not allowed to be Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team December 14, 2014April 21, 2023
[CanLyme note: “Another month went by and a call was received from the ID specialist in Calgary. We were informed that our appointment was cancelled because as they stated, my wife doesn’t have Lyme.” Once again positive Lyme tests magically became false positive when Infectious Disease doctors became involved. Without seeing the patient they…
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Government reports & letters | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous
Bill C-442 is carried as is in Senate. Hear testimony in Canada’s Senate Committee on Bill C-442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease, as Bill moves forward.
ByCanLyme Team December 10, 2014April 21, 2023
Bill C-442 is carried in the Senate (signed into law with Royal assent Dec. 16th, 2014): Listen to testimony of ; December 3rd, 2014 Elizabeth May, MP (begins after intro’s) Jim Wilson, CanLyme (starts at 17:10 on time-bar) Dr. William Bowie, AMMI, (starts at 17:17 on time-bar) After Dr. Bowie presents it is followed by…
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Research
New Study Provides Hope for Chronic Lyme Disease Sufferers
ByCanLyme Team December 1, 2014April 21, 2023
December 1, 2014 Patients with Lyme disease know that their symptoms and the effects of the disease can be debilitating and last for a long time, often persisting even after treatment. In an effort to help improve quality of life for those patients, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are working…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Listen to Brenda Sterling-Goodwin as she discusses Lyme in Nova Scotia, Canada
ByCanLyme Team November 24, 2014April 21, 2023
All of Nova Scotia is endemic for Lyme disease says Brenda Sterling-Goodwin Brenda Sterling-Goodwin joins us to discuss ticks and Lyme disease. Listen to radio show
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Research | Voices on Lyme
Hamilton scientist who discovered cause of Lyme disease dies
ByCanLyme Team November 20, 2014April 21, 2023
November 19, 2014 10:00 pm HAMILTON – To the world, Willy Burgdorfer will always be remembered as the scientist who discovered the cause of Lyme disease. In Hamilton, the former Rocky Mountain Laboratories scientist will be remembered as a patient and kind mentor to the researchers who followed in his footsteps, as well as a community…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
British Columbia, Canada: Tick borne disease was misdiagnosed for two decades
ByCanLyme Team November 14, 2014April 21, 2023
Julie Bertrand / Oceanside Star November 13, 2014 12:00 AM Qualicum Beach resident Sue Aldous discovered she had Lyme disease through a chance encounter in a Surrey grocery store. Aldous had suffered chronic health problems since 1984. She had headaches, frequent insomnia and digestive issues. Because of her poor health, she lost her job, her…
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Co-infections | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
The Borrelia hermsii factor H binding protein FhbA is not required for infectivity in mice or for resistance to human complement in vitro.
ByCanLyme Team November 11, 2014April 21, 2023
[CanLyme note: Currently, testing and symptomotology knowledge are not nearly accurate enough to distinguish between a human B. hermsii infection and a B.burgdorferi infection yet many people are told they do not have a treatable borreliosis simply because they do not have a positive Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 when we have many other borrelia, and some we…
Read More The Borrelia hermsii factor H binding protein FhbA is not required for infectivity in mice or for resistance to human complement in vitro.
International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Research
The Mayday Project Responds to Dr. Paul Auwaerter’s Defense of IDSA Guidelines for Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team November 10, 2014April 21, 2023
Friday, November 07, 2014 “My office uncovered undisclosed financial interests held by several of the most powerful IDSA panelists. The IDSA’s guideline panel improperly ignored or minimized consideration of alternative medical opinion and evidence regarding chronic Lyme disease, potentially raising serious questions about whether the recommendations reflected all relevant science.” – Connecticut Attorney General Richard…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Professor of Microbiology: Lyme is most misunderstood [maligned] disease since AIDS [and far more prevalent]
ByCanLyme Team November 9, 2014April 21, 2023
Holly Ahern 12:08 a.m. EST November 9, 2014 With the possible exception of HIV/AIDS, no infectious disease in recent history has been as misunderstood, maligned or politicized as Lyme disease. After more than two decades of controversy and government neglect, Lyme disease has become too large an issue to ignore any longer. A year…
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Co-infections | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Bartonella henselae Infections In An Owner and Two Papillon Dogs Exposed to Tropical Rat Mites (Ornithonyssus bacoti).
ByCanLyme Team November 9, 2014April 21, 2023
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2014 Oct;14(10):703-9. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1492. Abstract After raccoons were trapped and removed from under a house in New York, the owner and her two Papillon dogs became infested with numerous rat mites (Ornithonyssus bacoti). Two weeks later, both dogs developed pruritus, progressively severe vesicular lesions, focal areas of skin exfoliation, swelling of…
Read More Bartonella henselae Infections In An Owner and Two Papillon Dogs Exposed to Tropical Rat Mites (Ornithonyssus bacoti).
For Physicians | International News | Medical Publications | Research
A possible alternative to antibiotics
ByCanLyme Team November 9, 2014April 21, 2023
[Canlyme note: Although Borrelia are not known to secrete toxins, this type of research may be beneficial for chemical constituents such as borrelia lipoproteins and lipopolysaccharides.] November 4th, 2014 Published online 02 November 2014 in Nature Biotechnology Engineered liposomes sequester bacterial exotoxins and protect from severe invasive infections in mice Abstract Gram-positive bacterial pathogens that secrete cytotoxic…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Miscellaneous | Research
Case of tick paralysis found on Sunshine Coast
ByCanLyme Team November 6, 2014April 21, 2023
Hikers attempt to save snowshoe hare with engorged ticks Christine Wood/Glacier Media / Squamish Chief [newspaper] November 5, 2014 01:49 PM The first case of tick paralysis ever recorded in a wild animal was identified on the Sunshine Coast recently with the help of the Gibsons Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. Hikers on a trail near Burnett Road…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Poor Research
Lyme Misdiagnosis Can Divert Patients From Correct Treatment
ByCanLyme Team November 4, 2014April 21, 2023
[CanLyme Note: We agree totally that a thorough diagnostic work-up should preclude any diagnosis. Not everything is Lyme borreliosis. What is so dismaying, however, is the focus of the US CDC MD’s on the few cases such as those listed in this article, while they ignore the tens of thousands of legitimate chronic Lyme disease cases….
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Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
New test shows promise in identifying new drugs to treat Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team November 3, 2014April 21, 2023
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a test they say will allow them to test thousands of FDA-approved drugs to see if they will work against the bacteria that causes tick-borne Lyme disease. The researchers, reporting Nov. 3 in the journal PLOS ONE, say doctors and patients are desperate…
Read More New test shows promise in identifying new drugs to treat Lyme disease

News and updates

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

Why Lyme disease isn’t the only tick-borne infection you need to worry about

Lyme disease and your pregnancy: Why avoiding tick bites could protect your unborn child

Lack of experience no obstacle at this obstacle course

Interventions to manage mold and mycotoxicities

Environmental toxicities: Confounding presentations

KSHB TV Kansas: New tick-borne virus discovered after the death of Kansas man

No concern about why the patient is sick, just that it is not allowed to be Lyme disease

Bill C-442 is carried as is in Senate. Hear testimony in Canada’s Senate Committee on Bill C-442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease, as Bill moves forward.

New Study Provides Hope for Chronic Lyme Disease Sufferers

Listen to Brenda Sterling-Goodwin as she discusses Lyme in Nova Scotia, Canada

Hamilton scientist who discovered cause of Lyme disease dies

British Columbia, Canada: Tick borne disease was misdiagnosed for two decades

The Borrelia hermsii factor H binding protein FhbA is not required for infectivity in mice or for resistance to human complement in vitro.

The Mayday Project Responds to Dr. Paul Auwaerter’s Defense of IDSA Guidelines for Lyme Disease

Professor of Microbiology: Lyme is most misunderstood [maligned] disease since AIDS [and far more prevalent]

Bartonella henselae Infections In An Owner and Two Papillon Dogs Exposed to Tropical Rat Mites (Ornithonyssus bacoti).

A possible alternative to antibiotics

Case of tick paralysis found on Sunshine Coast

Lyme Misdiagnosis Can Divert Patients From Correct Treatment

New test shows promise in identifying new drugs to treat Lyme disease

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