Welcome to the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
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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Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
Ottawa, Canada: Lyme disease hit record levels in 2017, next year likely to be worse, health officials warn
[CanLyme note: The ‘tick key’ mentioned in the article is not a recommended tool as it is too bulky and…
Lyme Disease Patients File Federal Antitrust Suit Against Infectious Disease Specialists & Health Insurers
Nov 15th, Last Friday, 28 patients filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the Infectious Diseases Society of America, eight health insurance…
Mount Allison’s Lyme Research Network launches Maritime Tick Portal
Nov 15th, 2017 SACKVILLE, NB – Mount Allison University’s Lyme Research Network (LYRN) has released a new resource to help New…
Tick-borne anaplasmosis surging in Maine – and it’s worse than Lyme
[CanLyme note: Canada is only a few hour flight for our many migratory birds who come from Maine (and all…
How does Lyme disease spread? The answer may lie in the hearts of grouse
University of New Brunswick forestry students ask hunters to collect bird hearts for disease study Shane Fowler, CBC News…
Why Donate to CanLyme? CanLyme Research Dollars Funding Young Scientists for our Future Gain.
Help us help you and your family. Monthly or one-time donations are needed. We are an all volunteer organization…
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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More news
Toronto Public Health testing ticks for Lyme Disease
Wed, May 20: City of Toronto Public Health is testing ticks found in two city parks for Lyme Disease.…
Canadian Lyme disease scientists start petition for more transparency and involvement on all aspects of Lyme policy development
The Canadian Lyme Science Alliance (CLSA) is a fledgling organization dedicated to enhancing our understanding of Lyme disease, and…
Ticks found on Toronto Islands being tested for Lyme disease
By: Jackie Hong Staff Reporter, Published on Tue May 19 2015 Some sure signs that summer is coming in…
Thunder Bay, Ontario: CBC- Victoria Day 2015: The unofficial start to tick season
The long holiday weekend marks the beginning of camping season across Ontario. But it also signals the start of…
Watch video of speeches of politicians and Canada’s Ride For Lyme cyclists at the Ride For Lyme kick-off event
Listen to British Columbia provincial MLA Lana Popham, City Council member Chris Coleman, and cyclists Daniel Corso and Tanner…
Toronto Sun: Suffering from the anguish of chronic Lyme disease [Stop denying, We are dying]
BY SUE-ANN LEVY, TORONTO SUN SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 09:00 PM EDT TORONTO – Paige Spencer can’t remember a day in the…
Canada take notice: Antibiotics should be considered early for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) in endemic areas even if classic findings are absent
Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 1;60(11):1659-66. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ116. Epub 2015 Feb 19. Risk factors for fatal outcome from rocky…
Clinical Presentation, Convalescence, and Relapse of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs Experimentally Infected via Tick Bite
Abstract Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne disease caused by R. rickettsii in North and South America.…
Case report: Co-infection of Rickettsia rickettsii and Streptococcus pyogenes: is fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever underdiagnosed?
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Dec;91(6):1154-5. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0437. Epub 2014 Oct 20. Raczniak GA1, Kato C2, Chung IH2,…