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The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) was created to promote a more complete and comprehensive understanding of Lyme disease and related illnesses through research, education and advocacy to help reduce misdiagnosis and improve treatments for Lyme disease.
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Recognizing symptoms and learning how to talk to your doctor are the first steps towards treatment.
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Understanding Lyme disease is the best way to prevent, diagnose and treat it.
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Recent dispatches
Canadian Lyme Consortium envoie un message à la communauté de la maladie de Lyme
6 février 2018 Au nom d’une équipe grandissante de scientifiques, de défenseurs et de cliniciens, nous tenons à vous…
Cranial neuropathy and severe pain due to early disseminated Borrelia burgdorferi infection
Published January 23rd, 2018 doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223307 [CanLyme Note: What is sick about this case report is that this man’s health outcome, which…
An Unusual Cluster of Neuroinvasive Lyme Disease Cases Presenting With Bannwarth Syndrome in the Midwest United States
[CanLyme note: This statement, “Garin-Bujadoux-Bannwarth syndrome (Bannwarth syndrome [BWS]) is an uncommon manifestation of neuroinvasive Lyme disease (LD) caused by…
Human seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Manitoba, Canada, in 2011-2014: a cross-sectional study.
CMAJ Open. 2017 Sep 6;5(3):E690-E693. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170070. Kadkhoda K, et al Abstract BACKGROUND: Hard tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia…
France – Maladie de Lyme: 300 malades vont déposer plainte au pénal dès janvier
Dec 20, 2017 300 personnes atteintes de la maladie de Lyme vont porter plainte au pénal, début janvier. Des…
France – Maladie de Lyme: 300 malades vont déposer plainte au pénal dès janvier
Dec 20, 2017 300 personnes atteintes de la maladie de Lyme vont porter plainte au pénal, début janvier. Des…
Where there are ticks, there’s often Lyme disease
Lyme disease is caused by an infection that is most often transmitted by ticks, but it can also be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy.
Ticks can attach to your body without being seen or felt, and diagnosis can be difficult due to symptom presentation, testing protocols and other challenges.
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COMMUNIQUÉ : Quebec – La maladie de Lyme
COMMUNIQUÉ IL EST URGENT D’AGIR! La maladie de Lyme est en progression constante chez les humains et les animaux…
How to Protect Horses From Lyme Disease
By Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc June 17, 2015 The Horse magazine Spring has sprung … and so have the…
Read all Lyme disease presentations to the Ontario legislative committee on Bill 27 – June 1st, 2015
Committee Transcripts: Standing Committee on Social Policy – 2015-Jun-01 – Bill 27, Provincial Framework and Action Plan concerning Emerging…
Cyclists pair take on Lyme Disease as they bike across Canada
Peterborough, ON, Canada / (CHEXTV) Aileen Doyle June 16, 2015 11:14 pm It is a long journey but one…
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By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay “Dr. Neil Spector, a 58-year-old associate professor of medicine at Duke University, spoke with Science of…
Bartonella clarridgeiae bacteremia detected in an asymptomatic blood donor.
[CanLyme Note: Bartonella infection (bartonelliosis) in humans is an emerging and rapidly expanding field of medical science as a flea…
Global TV BC: Why Lyme Disease is on the rise
Why is Lyme disease on the rise. Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation President and Founder Jim Wilson discusses the issues…
CTV News: CanLyme discusses Lyme disease and misinformation
June 15, 2015, CTV National news air brief news piece on Lyme Disease after the morning show, Canada AM,…
Borrelia miyamotoi Disease in the Northeastern United States: A Case Series
Background: The first recognized cases of Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD) in North America were reported in the northeastern United…