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Explosion of ticks biting people and pets in Hamilton [Ontario, Canada]
ByCanLyme Team June 6, 2013April 21, 2023
By Mark McNeil The Hamilton area is facing an infestation of brown dog ticks and health authorities are worried an influx of Lyme disease-causing ticks will follow. “Lyme disease is on the radar,” says Susan Harding-Cruz, manager of the vector-borne disease program for Hamilton’s public health department. “We are on the lookout for black-legged ticks…
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Voices on Lyme
The NOT so great outdoors – Kathryn Maroun interview
ByCanLyme Team June 5, 2013April 21, 2023
In this episode of The Maritime Outdoorsman, Dave talks about the NOT so great outdoors. After telling about his encounter with a blood infection caused from a leech bite, Dave talks with Kathryn Maroun, host of the TV show ‘What A Catch’ about her personal battle with Lyme disease. The intent of this episode is…
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Lyme in Alberta | Voices on Lyme
Tick’d Off – Alberta Primetime TV interview – Lyme disease in Alberta not so new
ByCanLyme Team June 4, 2013April 21, 2023
Tick’d Off Original Air Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 Alberta’s tick surveillance program is gathering data on just how many ticks we’ve got in Alberta and how many of them are carrying lyme disease.We talk to Susan McInnis, from the Lyme Disease Association of Alberta and Marianne Middelveen, from the International Lyme and Associated Diseases…
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Lyme in quebec | Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
LYME DISEASE IN QUEBEC – A TICKING TIMEBOMB
ByCanLyme Team June 3, 2013April 21, 2023
For The Gazette by Robert J. Galbraith [CanLyme: We have had enough of bureaucrats making decisions to withold information from the public, alleging “panic” will unfold. Nonsense, lives will be saved, healthcare costs will be greatly reduced, families will not be destroyed] Montreal-Quebec’s leading authority in the science of tick biology says that the southern…
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Government | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
Lyme Disease in deployed military personnel [Canadian]: a ‘tick-ing’ time bomb
ByCanLyme Team June 3, 2013April 21, 2023
Ottawa: The Hill Times CanLyme: This is a very important article. You can sign up for a one day free trial to read the full text, it is worth the small amount of effort and is an astonishing read. Read full article here. Cut and paste the text and send it far and wide to…
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Research
ErpC, a member of the complement regulator-acquiring family of surface proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi, possesses an architecture previously unseen in this protein family.
ByCanLyme Team June 2, 2013April 21, 2023
Caesar JJ, Johnson S, Kraiczy P, Lea SM. Source Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, England Abstract Borrelia burgdorferi is a spirochete responsible for Lyme disease, the most commonly occurring vector-borne disease in Europe and North America. The bacterium utilizes a set of proteins, termed complement…
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Medical Publications | Research
Lyme Arthritis, Spirochetes Found in Synovial Microangiopathic Lesions
ByCanLyme Team June 2, 2013April 21, 2023
In 17 patients with Lyme disease, synovial specimens, obtained by synovectomy or needle biopsy, showed non-specific villous hypertrophy, synovial cell hyperplasia, prominent microvasculature, lymphoplasmacellular infiltration, and sometimes lymphoid follicles. The larger surgically obtained specimens also showed striking deposition of fibrin in synovial stroma and a form of endarteritis obliterans. In 2 patients, siprochetes were seen…
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Government reports & letters | International News | Media | Voices on Lyme
Global TV – Lyme disease expanding in Canada
ByCanLyme Team May 31, 2013April 21, 2023
Lyme disease is rapidly expanding according to Dr. Robbin Lindsay of the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. Most victims of Lyme disease and other experts suggest the only thing that is expanding is the pressure by victims upon government to stop underplaying this long prevalent disease in Canada. It has been shown for many years…
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Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Letter to editor, Niagara – Lyme disease information timely
ByCanLyme Team May 31, 2013April 21, 2023
Re: Dog ticks not the same as deer ticks, letters, May 23rd I am writing in response to a reply to the column by Dorothy Turcotte; this was a very timely letter to publish actually, because May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. We were very pleased to have the CN Tower, Niagara Falls and the…
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Updates
Maladie de Lyme: gare aux tiques!
ByCanLyme May 29, 2013June 2, 2023
Claudette Piché, une résidente de Sainte-Thècle très touchée par la cause, étant elle-même atteinte d’une maladie à la suite d’une morsure de tique, rappelle l’importance de la sensibilisation auprès de la population. À cette fin, elle a récemment collaboré à l’élaboration de quelques outils de sensibilisation à la maladie de Lyme, dont une vidéo et…
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Updates
Maladie de Lyme: gare aux tiques!
ByCanLyme Team May 29, 2013April 21, 2023
Claudette Piché, une résidente de Sainte-Thècle très touchée par la cause, étant elle-même atteinte d’une maladie à la suite d’une morsure de tique, rappelle l’importance de la sensibilisation auprès de la population. À cette fin, elle a récemment collaboré à l’élaboration de quelques outils de sensibilisation à la maladie de Lyme, dont une vidéo et…
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Government reports & letters | Lyme in Ontario | Voices on Lyme
Hillier introduces Lyme Disease petition in Ontario legislature
ByCanLyme Team May 29, 2013April 21, 2023
Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, read his petition calling on the Ontario government to provide better diagnostics, awareness and treatment of Lyme Disease in Ontario. Watch video here
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Featured | Lyme in Ontario | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Spreading awareness about Lyme disease for the summer
ByCanLyme Team May 27, 2013April 21, 2023
Planning an outdoor vacation? Beware of the “ticking time bomb” – blood-sucking parasites spreading Lyme disease with potentially devastating consequences. The infectious disease is easier to get than you think and no one is immune, yet too little is being done, says Rossana Magnotta, CEO of Magnotta Winery. “You’ve got to protect yourself and your…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
NEWS: “Sometimes a little rebellion is necessary”
ByCanLyme Team May 26, 2013April 21, 2023
The following is the text of Dr. Liegner’s remarks at the World Wide Lyme Rally & Protest Friday, May 10, 2013 Union Square, New York City . “Chronic Lyme disease does not exist”. There are at least four possibilities to explain why a person might hold this view: They can be ‘dumb as bags of…
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Lyme in Manitoba | Voices on Lyme
Tick bite leads to Lyme disease for Winnipeg girl.
ByCanLyme Team May 25, 2013April 21, 2023
Sarah Phillips’ daughter, Emily, is awake and smiling now. It’s a big difference from a few days ago. “I could barely keep her awake,” said Phillips. “She was falling asleep on me, I had to carry her everywhere, she was so lethargic, I have never seen anybody so tired.” Earlier this month a tick burrowed…
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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

Explosion of ticks biting people and pets in Hamilton [Ontario, Canada]

The NOT so great outdoors – Kathryn Maroun interview

Tick’d Off – Alberta Primetime TV interview – Lyme disease in Alberta not so new

LYME DISEASE IN QUEBEC – A TICKING TIMEBOMB

Lyme Disease in deployed military personnel [Canadian]: a ‘tick-ing’ time bomb

ErpC, a member of the complement regulator-acquiring family of surface proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi, possesses an architecture previously unseen in this protein family.

Lyme Arthritis, Spirochetes Found in Synovial Microangiopathic Lesions

Global TV – Lyme disease expanding in Canada

Letter to editor, Niagara – Lyme disease information timely

Maladie de Lyme: gare aux tiques!

Maladie de Lyme: gare aux tiques!

Hillier introduces Lyme Disease petition in Ontario legislature

Spreading awareness about Lyme disease for the summer

NEWS: “Sometimes a little rebellion is necessary”

Tick bite leads to Lyme disease for Winnipeg girl.

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