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Crucial Player For Lyme Disease Transmission Identified
ByCanLyme Team December 21, 2013April 21, 2023
December 20th, 2013 Public Library of Science Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, hitchhikes in ticks for dissemination to mammalian hosts–including humans. An article in the 19 December issue of PLOS Pathogens identifies HrpA, an RNA helicase, as a crucial player in the transmission from ticks to mammals. George Chaconas, from the University of Calgary, Canada, and…
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Miscellaneous | Research
United States: Delegate Ramadan Announces $250,000 in Budget for Lyme Testing at George Mason University
ByCanLyme Team December 18, 2013April 21, 2023
~Governor McDonnell included this budget item based on Delegate Ramadan’s request ~ Dulles, VA | December 18, 2013 – Delegate David Ramadan (87th) announced today that funding he requested for a groundbreaking new Lyme disease test developed by George Mason University has been included in Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s proposed 2015-2016 budget. George Mason University’s Center…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
York Region, Ontario: Vet urges caution following tick discovery
ByCanLyme Team December 16, 2013April 21, 2023
By Amanda Persico Dec. 16th, 2013 While tick season is usually in spring and fall, when temperatures are above 4C and there is no snow, the warm spell we had at the beginning of the month could have spurred a tick storm, according to a Markham veterinarian. And blacklegged ticks can carry lyme disease. At the…
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Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Research
Mosquito’s? Selected phenotypic features of BR91, a unique spirochaetal strain isolated from the Culex pipiens mosquito.
ByCanLyme Team December 14, 2013April 21, 2023
Sikutová S, Bunková L, Krejčí E, Halouzka J, Sanogo YO, Rudolf I. Source Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic. Abstract Growth temperature range, resistance to selective antibiotics, activities of 23 enzymes, protein fingerprints and fatty acids composition of the spirochaetal strain BR91, isolated from the Culex pipiens…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Ottawa nurse must go to U.S. to seek Lyme disease treatment
ByCanLyme Team December 14, 2013April 21, 2023
Like most Lyme disease patients in Canada, Dawn Lavarnway doesn’t remember when she was bitten by the tick that gave her the crippling illness – but she knows when she found out Canada’s health system wouldn’t treat her for it. The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario nurse tried to book an appointment with an infectious…
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Government | Government reports & letters | International News | Miscellaneous
United States to limit antibiotic use in food farm industry, thought to be 8 times that of human use
ByCanLyme Team December 13, 2013April 21, 2023
FDA NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Wed. Dec. 11, 2013 Media Inquiries: Shelly Burgess, 301-796-4651, shelly [dot] burgess [at] fda [dot] hhs [dot] gov or Juli Putnam, 240-402-0537,JuliAnn [dot] Putnam [at] fda [dot] hhs [dot] gov Trade Press Inquiries: Siobhan DeLancey, 240-276-9356, siobhan [dot] delancey [at] fda [dot] hhs [dot] gov Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA From: https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm378193.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery FDA takes significant steps…
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Government reports & letters | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Three Sudden Cardiac Deaths Associated with Lyme Carditis – United States, November 2012–July 2013
ByCanLyme Team December 13, 2013April 21, 2023
December 13, 2013 / 62(49);993-996 Lyme disease* is a multisystem illness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete transmitted by certain species of Ixodes ticks. Approximately 30,000 confirmed and probable cases of Lyme disease were reported in the United States in 2012, primarily from high-incidence states in the Northeast (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,…
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Lyme in Nova Scotia | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
ByCanLyme Team December 12, 2013April 21, 2023
It’s because of the 12-year-old Kenzieville girl, who has Lyme disease, that he doesn’t give up in his races the way he used to, hoping that things may change and he could get the finish he needs to raise money for Livingstone-Rector. He first met her at the East Hants Sportsplex last summer at a…
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Updates | Updates
La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme fait un don de 304 000 $ pour l’avancement de la recherche sur la maladie de Lyme
ByCanLyme December 11, 2013June 2, 2023
KELOWNA, BC, le 11 déc. 2013 /CNW/ – La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme, organisation caritative enregistrée, est ravie d’annoncer qu’elle a versé un don de 304 000 $ à la G Magnotta Foundation for Vector Borne Diseases, établie en Ontario. Ce don servira surtout au financement d’un programme de recherche sur les tissus humains, élaboré…
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Updates
La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme fait un don de 304 000 $ pour l’avancement de la recherche sur la maladie de Lyme
ByCanLyme Team December 11, 2013April 21, 2023
KELOWNA, BC, le 11 déc. 2013 /CNW/ – La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme, organisation caritative enregistrée, est ravie d’annoncer qu’elle a versé un don de 304 000 $ à la G Magnotta Foundation for Vector Borne Diseases, établie en Ontario. Ce don servira surtout au financement d’un programme de recherche sur les tissus humains, élaboré…
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Miscellaneous | Press Releases | Research | Voices on Lyme
Press release – Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation donates $304,000 to further Lyme Disease research, announces ongoing venture grant policy
ByCanLyme Team December 11, 2013April 21, 2023
Dec 11th, 2013 The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, a registered charitable organization, is pleased to announce that it has made a donation of $304,000 to the G Magnotta Foundation for Vector Borne Diseases, Ontario, Canada. The donation will be used primarily for a human tissue research program being developed in conjunction with the Humber River…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications
U.S. Center for Disease Control releases statement; Lyme disease cases seriously under-reported – now 300,000 cases per year
ByCanLyme Team December 6, 2013April 21, 2023
“…Each year, more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to CDC, making it the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States. The new estimate suggests that the total number of people diagnosed with Lyme disease is roughly 10 times higher than the yearly reported number. This new estimate supports studies published in the 1990s…
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Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Landscape design can reduce risk of Lyme disease: Please stop with the Lyme tick nurseries
ByCanLyme Team December 5, 2013April 21, 2023
In the region of upstate New York where I live, Lyme disease- an infection of the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that’s spread primarily by deer ticks, has become an epidemic. All the odd controversies aside, there are physical realities about this situation that are not being acknowledged. Primarily the reality that we are a part of the…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Voices on Lyme
Huffington Post – Lyme in Austria
ByCanLyme Team November 26, 2013April 21, 2023
Lyme (Borreliosis), Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Bartonella, Tularemia, and more recently, Borrelia miyamotoi (a distant relative of Lyme Borreliosis) are recognized tick-borne infectious diseases in the United States, of which Lyme disease is the most common and fastest growing illness. Doctors globally say they are seeing a significant growth in co-infections when…
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Lyme in Ontario | Voices on Lyme
James Christie speaks in Richmond Hill Oct. 30
ByCanLyme Team November 26, 2013April 21, 2023
Richmond Hill Liberal By Kim Zarzour It started out as a bout with the flu, progressed to thoughts of death and ended up in anger – and a mission. James Christie will describe his Lyme disease journey Wednesday to fellow reluctant travellers and interested witnesses, calling for action to save others from a similar fate. …
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News and updates

One year later: How the landmark NASEM report on chronic Lyme is – and isn’t – changing minds

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

Crucial Player For Lyme Disease Transmission Identified

United States: Delegate Ramadan Announces $250,000 in Budget for Lyme Testing at George Mason University

York Region, Ontario: Vet urges caution following tick discovery

Mosquito’s? Selected phenotypic features of BR91, a unique spirochaetal strain isolated from the Culex pipiens mosquito.

Ottawa nurse must go to U.S. to seek Lyme disease treatment

United States to limit antibiotic use in food farm industry, thought to be 8 times that of human use

Three Sudden Cardiac Deaths Associated with Lyme Carditis – United States, November 2012–July 2013

La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme fait un don de 304 000 $ pour l’avancement de la recherche sur la maladie de Lyme

La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme fait un don de 304 000 $ pour l’avancement de la recherche sur la maladie de Lyme

Press release – Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation donates $304,000 to further Lyme Disease research, announces ongoing venture grant policy

U.S. Center for Disease Control releases statement; Lyme disease cases seriously under-reported – now 300,000 cases per year

Landscape design can reduce risk of Lyme disease: Please stop with the Lyme tick nurseries

Huffington Post – Lyme in Austria

James Christie speaks in Richmond Hill Oct. 30

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