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The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorfer
ByCanLyme Team August 21, 2013April 21, 2023
R.A. Elsner, S.W. Barthold, N. Baumgarth https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043466613003542 Graduate Group in Microbiology and the Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA In vertebrates including humans, mice and dogs, the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) causes a chronic, non-resolving infection known as Lyme disease, which requires antibiotic treatment to clear the bacteria. Re-infections are common…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Research | Voices on Lyme
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Solutions – Ticks
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
To date in my “Ticks” series, we have learned from leading global experts that tick-borne illnesses (including Lyme disease) are possibly the most complicated and substantial global medical research challenges that exist today and that they threaten to dominate global health care tomorrow. Solutions are tough to find since the bacteria are difficult to diagnose…
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Lyme in Manitoba | Research | Voices on Lyme
CBC News: Reports of Lyme disease triple in southern Manitoba
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
The number of black-legged ticks in southeastern Manitoba is on the rise, which has led to a surge in the incidents of Lyme disease. Reports of the disease tripled in 2012 over the year before – going from seven to 21 – according to Shelley Buchan, the medical officer of health for the southern regional…
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International News | Medical Publications | Research
Still Lots of Unknowns
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
Much of the controversy over Lyme disease centers on the patients who experience chronic illness. When Lyme is caught late, patients may continue to have lingering symptoms even after antibiotic treatment. Research on primates has shown that the Lyme-causing bacteria can physically remain even after antibiotic treatment. While it is still unknown why these patients…
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Medical Publications | Research | Voices on Lyme
Can Alzheimer Disease be Prevented?
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
Bret S. Stetka, MD Background and Biomarkers AD is an epidemic, affecting over 5 million Americans and nearly 40 million people worldwide. AD afflicts 1 in 8 people aged 65 years or older and nearly half of those 85 years and older.[2] The reason for the staggering prevalence is simply that we’re living longer. “The major…
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Research
Babesia odocoilei infection in a Saskatchewan elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) herd.
ByCanLyme Team August 5, 2013April 21, 2023
An 8-year-old female elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) cow, presented for chronic severe weight loss and unthriftiness, was diagnosed with Babesia odocoilei infection based on blood smear evaluation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and DNA sequence analysis. Subsequently, velvet antler from a male that died acutely on the same farm was also PCR positive for Babesia spp. Both…
Read More Babesia odocoilei infection in a Saskatchewan elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) herd.
Medical Publications | Research
Illuminating the roles of the Borrelia burgdorferi adhesins
ByCanLyme Team August 5, 2013April 21, 2023
The Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato), must cause persistent, disseminated infection to be maintained in the natural enzootic cycle. In human Lyme disease, spirochetes spread from the site of a tick bite to colonize multiple tissue sites, causing multisystem clinical manifestations. The Lyme spirochetes produce many adhesive surface proteins that collectively recognize diverse host substrates…
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International News | Medical Publications
National Post: Deadly tick-borne Powassan virus surfaces in New York state, kills 30% of those infected
ByCanLyme Team August 2, 2013April 21, 2023
A Saratoga County resident is recovering from a rare but emerging illness carried by deer ticks that transmit Lyme disease, according to a county health official. While extremely rare, Powassan virus is deadlier than other tick-borne illnesses – killing 30% of those infected statewide since 2004 – and its victims are infected much more quickly….
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Miscellaneous
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Tick tests positive in Sudbury for Lyme disease bacteria
ByCanLyme Team August 2, 2013April 21, 2023
The Sudbury & District Health Unit is urging people to take precautions to prevent against tick bites after a blacklegged tick tested positive for the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease. It’s the first such case in the health unit’s service area. The infected tick was found embedded in the skin of a person who…
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Lyme in Manitoba | Research | Voices on Lyme
CTV news Winnipeg: More ticks that carry Lyme disease being found in Manitoba
ByCanLyme Team August 2, 2013April 21, 2023
Manitoba has seen an increase in Lyme disease in recent years with 16 confirmed or probable cases in 2012, up from five in 2009. Kateryn Rochon, an entomologist at the University of Manitoba, said over the last six years blacklegged ticks have been settling in more areas of the province. “They’re expanding a little bit…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Voices on Lyme
Huffington Post: The Global Search for Education: Canada – Ticks
ByCanLyme Team August 1, 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, among which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claims Lyme disease is the most common and fastest growing illness. The CDC has…
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Lyme in Ontario | Voices on Lyme
Global TV News – Ticks carrying Lyme on the rise
ByCanLyme Team July 31, 2013April 21, 2023
Fri, Jul 26: Black-legged ticks are crawling into parts of Ontario. Marianne Dimain reports Watch Global News story
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International News | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous
Worker links motor neuron disease to work-related Lyme disease – awarded compensation
ByCanLyme Team July 29, 2013April 21, 2023
https://www.riskandinsurance.com/story.jsp?storyId=533354603 In New York, a worker bears the burden of presenting competent medical evidence establishing a causal relationship between his employment and disability. Case name: Bailey v. Ben Ciccone, Inc., et al., No. 515309 (N.Y. App. Div. 03/14/13). Ruling: The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division held that a worker was entitled to additional…
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International News | Medical Publications | Research
Black-legged ticks linked to encephalitis in New York state
ByCanLyme Team July 28, 2013April 21, 2023
IMAGE:This image shows tick surveying with a drag cloth. Click here for more information. Researchers urge citizens and healthcare providers to be vigilant The number of tick-borne illnesses reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the rise. Lyme disease leads the pack, with some 35,000 cases reported annually. In…
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Medical Publications | Research
Pathogenic analysis of Borrelia garinii strain SZ isolated from northeastern China
ByCanLyme Team July 28, 2013April 21, 2023
BACKGROUND: Various genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) have been identified from patients and animals worldwide. Genospecies-related dissemination of disease has been reported. The present study aimed to elucidate the pathogenicity of infections caused by B. garinii SZ isolated in China. B. burgdorferi B31 and B. afzelii BO23 were used for comparison. METHODS: Spirochete…
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News and updates

Announcing the second annual Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Conference

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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

The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorfer

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Solutions – Ticks

CBC News: Reports of Lyme disease triple in southern Manitoba

Still Lots of Unknowns

Can Alzheimer Disease be Prevented?

Babesia odocoilei infection in a Saskatchewan elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) herd.

Illuminating the roles of the Borrelia burgdorferi adhesins

National Post: Deadly tick-borne Powassan virus surfaces in New York state, kills 30% of those infected

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Tick tests positive in Sudbury for Lyme disease bacteria

CTV news Winnipeg: More ticks that carry Lyme disease being found in Manitoba

Huffington Post: The Global Search for Education: Canada – Ticks

Global TV News – Ticks carrying Lyme on the rise

Worker links motor neuron disease to work-related Lyme disease – awarded compensation

Black-legged ticks linked to encephalitis in New York state

Pathogenic analysis of Borrelia garinii strain SZ isolated from northeastern China

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