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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…
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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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Lyme Controversy | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
CTV News – Making a federal case out of Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team March 3, 2014April 21, 2023
Joanne Schnurr, CTV Ottawa Published Monday, March 3, 2014 5:10PM EST Last Updated Monday, March 3, 2014 6:42PM EST A tiny bug is taking center stage at the House of Commons in Ottawa. Lyme disease is a debilitating illness caused by a deer tick. Now, the Green Party’s Elizabeth May is urging…
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Miscellaneous | Research
Detection of Microbial Agents in Ticks Collected from Migratory Birds in Central Italy
ByCanLyme Team March 3, 2014April 21, 2023
Online Ahead of Print: February 27, 2014 Author information Luciano Toma,1,* *These authors contributed equally to this work. Fabiola Mancini,1,* Marco Di Luca,1 Jacopo G. Cecere,2,6 Riccardo Bianchi,1 Cristina Khoury,1 Elisa Quarchioni,3 Francesca Manzia,4 Giovanni Rezza,1 and Alessandra Ciervo1 1Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immuno-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. 2Ricerca Fauna,…
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Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous
National Geographic – What Is Lyme Disease? New Findings Deepen the Mystery
ByCanLyme Team February 28, 2014April 21, 2023
Says National Geographic commenting on Canadian researcher Marianne Middelveen’s recent findings, “A new study that points to sexual transmission has added to the controversy. Part of our weekly “In Focus” series–stepping back, looking closer. Rampant disagreement over what constitutes Lyme disease–in particular, who may have contracted it and how, and how long it lasts–has spawned…
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Featured | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous
Canadian Medical Association endorses Elizabeth May’s Bill C-442, for a National Lyme Disease Strategy
ByCanLyme Team February 28, 2014April 21, 2023
On Thursday, February 27th, 2014 Elizabeth May’s office received a letter from the Canadian Medical Assocation president, Louis Hugo Francescutti, throwing their support behind Bill C-442. Earlier the College of Family Physicians of Canada had thrown their support behind the Bill as well. The Bill will be up for 1st reading and debate on Monday,…
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Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Bartonella henselae and B. koehlerae DNA in Birds
ByCanLyme Team February 27, 2014April 21, 2023
Volume 20, Number 3–March 2014 Emerging Infectious Disease Bartonella henselae and B. koehlerae DNA in Birds To the Editor: Bartonellosis, a globally emerging vector-borne zoonotic bacterial disease, is caused by hemotropic, gram-negative, aerobic, facultative intracellular Bartonella spp. (1). Of the 30 Bartonella species/subspecies, 17 have been associated with human infections (2,3). Each species has…
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Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Bill C-442 supported by College of Family Physicians of Canada.
ByCanLyme Team February 27, 2014April 21, 2023
Green leader pushes bill to deal with Lyme disease Nova Scotia, Feb 26th, 2014, New Glasgow News, Adam MacInnis On Monday Bill C-442, which first received first reading in June 2012, will finally appear for second reading in Parliament. If it passes, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May believes it could improve how Lyme disease is…
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Government | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Why We Need a National Approach to Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team February 25, 2014April 21, 2023
By Elizabeth May, Feb. 25th, 2014 I was saddened that HuffPost blogger Michael Kruse has misrepresented Bill C-442, my private members bill to develop a national approach to the growing threat of Lyme Disease. Up until his uninformed blog, it had been received as what it is — a non-partisan, evidence-based effort to help thousands of Canadians. …
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Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
CanLyme submits letter in support of private members Bill C-442, “An Act respecting a National Lyme Disease Strategy”
ByCanLyme Team February 18, 2014April 11, 2024
Summary and Opinion on Bill C-442, “An Act respecting a National Lyme Disease Strategy” Lyme disease (borreliosis) can be contracted in any part of Canada through migratory birds that transplant ticks randomly. The ticks themselves are establishing populations more and more frequently across Canada with ever increasing rates of infection with Lyme disease. A national…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Tick-borne Pathogens in Northwestern California, USA [ B. miyamotoi is as abundant as its congener B. burgdorferi but is not tested for in humans ]
ByCanLyme Team February 18, 2014April 21, 2023
Daniel J. Salkeld , Stephanie Cinkovich, and Nathan C. Nieto To the Editor: In northwestern California, USA, the western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus, is a known vector ofBorrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete that causes Lyme disease.B. miyamotoi, which is more closely related to spirochetes that cause relapsing fever, has also been detected in 2 locations in California (1,2) and has…
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Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Lumbosacral multiradiculopathy responsive to antibiotic therapy: description of four patients with lumbar spondylosis and a superimposed Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team February 18, 2014April 21, 2023
Abstract Lyme disease is a diffuse zoonosis caused by spirochaetes of the Borrelia burgdorferi species complex. Neurological manifestations of the disease, involving central or peripheral nervous system, are common. This study describes four consecutive patients with an MRI-proven lumbosacral spondylosis, who complained of progressive worsening of symptoms in the last months in which serological evaluation suggested a…
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Announcing the second annual Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Conference

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Elliot Jacobson: Downstream Secondary Illness in Lyme Disease

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

CTV News – Making a federal case out of Lyme Disease

Detection of Microbial Agents in Ticks Collected from Migratory Birds in Central Italy

National Geographic – What Is Lyme Disease? New Findings Deepen the Mystery

Canadian Medical Association endorses Elizabeth May’s Bill C-442, for a National Lyme Disease Strategy

Bartonella henselae and B. koehlerae DNA in Birds

Bill C-442 supported by College of Family Physicians of Canada.

Why We Need a National Approach to Lyme Disease

CanLyme submits letter in support of private members Bill C-442, “An Act respecting a National Lyme Disease Strategy”

Tick-borne Pathogens in Northwestern California, USA [ B. miyamotoi is as abundant as its congener B. burgdorferi but is not tested for in humans ]

Lumbosacral multiradiculopathy responsive to antibiotic therapy: description of four patients with lumbar spondylosis and a superimposed Lyme disease

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