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La maladie de Lyme touche l’Estrie
ByCanLyme Team March 23, 2014April 21, 2023
Des producteurs agricoles de la région touchés par la maladie de Lyme lancent un cri du coeur à la Direction de la santé publique. Ils déplorent le manque d’information et même, dans certains cas, le manque d’ouverture du corps médical au sujet de cette maladie, pourtant en progression dans le sud du Québec. Il y…
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Updates
Radio de la SRC, maladie de lyme – L’AUDIO FIL DU JEUDI 20 MARS 2014
ByCanLyme Team March 23, 2014April 21, 2023
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Des mesures réclamées pour contrer la maladie de Lyme
ByCanLyme Team March 23, 2014April 21, 2023
Publié le 21 mars 2014 à 08h54 | Mis à jour le 21 mars 2014 à 08h54 (SHERBROOKE) «Ce n’est quand même pas normal que les vétérinaires soient capables d’établir le diagnostic de la maladie de Lyme chez les animaux, mais pas les médecins québécois chez les humains.» Dans la foulée de la controverse à…
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Lyme in Saskatchewan | Medical Publications | Research
People, Pets, and Parasites: One Health Surveillance in Southeastern Saskatchewan
ByCanLyme Team March 22, 2014April 21, 2023
Abstract Residents of remote and Indigenous communities might experience higher exposure to some zoonotic parasites than the general North American population. Human sero-surveillance conducted in two Saulteaux communities found 113 volunteers exposed as follows: Trichinella (2.7%), Toxocara canis (4.4%), Echinococcus (4.4%), and Toxoplasma gondii (1.8%). In dogs, 41% of 51 fecal samples were positive for at…
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Lyme in Manitoba | Miscellaneous
A crusader for Lyme disease awareness
ByCanLyme Team March 18, 2014April 21, 2023
A longtime activist who raised awareness about the dangers of Lyme disease in Manitoba has died. Elizabeth Wood was 65. Lorne Wood said in an interview from Emerson his wife died Thursday of a stroke she suffered late Wednesday night. She leaves five children and 12 grandchildren. ‘The Lyme disease community in Canada has…
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Lyme in Manitoba | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Manitoban Lyme awareness suffered a big loss on Wednesday, March 12, 2014
ByCanLyme Team March 15, 2014April 21, 2023
We were deeply saddened with the sudden loss of Manitoban Elizabeth Wood this past week. Liz’s personal battle with Lyme, despite being a difficult journey of education and endurance, was often shadowed by her advocacy efforts for others. Her ongoing struggle and efforts to further recognition and treatment for Lyme sufferers in Manitoba, particularly those…
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Miscellaneous
CTV Atlantic – Mother defends son’s Lyme disease diagnosis
ByCanLyme Team March 15, 2014April 21, 2023
The mother of a three-year-old boy diagnosed with Lyme disease says she is being harassed on social media since making a public plea for help. Kayla Lambert says some Facebook users are accusing her of lying about her son’s condition and says many of the things being said about Noah are simply not true. “That…
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Government | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Lyme disease demands urgent action from health minister: Clark
ByCanLyme Team March 15, 2014April 21, 2023
Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark has called on the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to improve the way Ontarians who suspect they have Lyme disease are diagnosed and treated. In a Member’s Statement on Thursday, March 5, Clark said the health-care system is failing Ontarians with the disease, including many in Leeds-Grenville – which has…
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Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Research
Detection of Borreliae in Archived Sera from Patients with Clinically Suspect Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team March 14, 2014April 21, 2023
Abstract: The diagnoses of Lyme disease based on clinical manifestations, serological findings and detection of infectious agents often contradict each other. We tested 52 blind-coded serum samples, including 20 pre-treatment and 12 post-treatment sera from clinically suspect Lyme disease patients, for the presence of residual Lyme disease infectious agents, using nested PCR amplification of a…
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Lyme in BC | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Julia O’Shannassy tells of her Lyme Borreliosis struggles
ByCanLyme Team March 7, 2014April 21, 2023
March 6th, 2014, Fernie, BC, Canada Every spring, I am one of the many that flock to the South Country to bike as I await the annual snowpack melt. I have been warned of the ticks in the area often, but have never been too worried about them. I have a helmet on my head……
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International News | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Tick-borne disease case numbers: What do they really mean?
ByCanLyme Team March 6, 2014April 21, 2023
By Doug Hartline, Health Director on March 5, 2014 When you see the statistic that Redding had only 10 Lyme disease cases in 2012, you might ask, How can that be? To help put the yearly Redding case numbers in perspective, recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that there are approximately…
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Events | Government reports & letters | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous
Elizabeth May speaks in parliament on Bill C-442 National Lyme Disease Strategy Act
ByCanLyme Team March 5, 2014April 21, 2023
Watch Elizabeth May as she introduces Bill C-442 into parliament for second reading on March 3rd, 2014. Twenty minutes in length. Watch now
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Yet another Canadian child forced out of Canada for proper diagnosis and treatment. Lot’s of support from locals and other Canadians.
ByCanLyme Team March 4, 2014April 21, 2023
NEW WATERFORD – A New Waterford woman who believes her son has Lyme disease is overwhelmed by the support she’s received since going public. “It’s unbelievable – people stopping by with donations and asking about Noah, the phone calls, the messages – the amount of support is someting I never expected,” said Kayla Lambert. “It…
Read More Yet another Canadian child forced out of Canada for proper diagnosis and treatment. Lot’s of support from locals and other Canadians.
Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
Parliament – Bill C-442 transcript and patient concerns over term “Best Practices”
ByCanLyme Team March 4, 2014April 21, 2023
March 4th, 2014, On March 3rd, 2014 in Canada’s House of Commons, Elizabeth May brought her private member’s Bill C-442, the National Lyme Disease Strategy Act, to the floor for second reading. It has support across all parties. The one point that CanLyme has received many emails and phone calls about in the past 24…
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International News | Lyme in Alberta | Miscellaneous
Lyme Disease Task Force Bill Passes Iowa Senate
ByCanLyme Team March 3, 2014April 21, 2023
A bill that would establish a “Lyme disease task force” has passed the Iowa Senate last week with 49 yeas and no nays, according to Gov Track.US. The legislation, Senate File 2090, now heads to the Iowa House of Representatives for a vote. The bill would require the Iowa Department Public Health to establish and…
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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

La maladie de Lyme touche l’Estrie

Radio de la SRC, maladie de lyme – L’AUDIO FIL DU JEUDI 20 MARS 2014

Des mesures réclamées pour contrer la maladie de Lyme

People, Pets, and Parasites: One Health Surveillance in Southeastern Saskatchewan

A crusader for Lyme disease awareness

Manitoban Lyme awareness suffered a big loss on Wednesday, March 12, 2014

CTV Atlantic – Mother defends son’s Lyme disease diagnosis

Lyme disease demands urgent action from health minister: Clark

Detection of Borreliae in Archived Sera from Patients with Clinically Suspect Lyme Disease

Julia O’Shannassy tells of her Lyme Borreliosis struggles

Tick-borne disease case numbers: What do they really mean?

Elizabeth May speaks in parliament on Bill C-442 National Lyme Disease Strategy Act

Yet another Canadian child forced out of Canada for proper diagnosis and treatment. Lot’s of support from locals and other Canadians.

Parliament – Bill C-442 transcript and patient concerns over term “Best Practices”

Lyme Disease Task Force Bill Passes Iowa Senate

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