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
ILADS 2024: Moving the needle on tick borne disease
Every year more Canadian health care practitioners are realizing the importance of tick borne and other chronic infections and…
CDC reconfirms Chronic Lyme, denies effectiveness of more antibiotics
Animal models of the disease show that persistent symptoms may be due to an interplay between persistent infection, immune…
Travel makes tick diseases tougher to diagnose, paper finds
Climate change and increased travel are leading to significant diagnostic challenges and shifting epidemiology.
Machine learning algorithms help predict tick-borne pathogen risk across Europe
Climate and vegetation factors were stronger predictors of ticks than hosts.
Study: Current and emerging approaches for alleviating persistent Lyme disease
Prevention and the need for better diagnostic tools also recognized by researchers.
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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Lack of effective healthcare for Canadian Lyme patients and why they turn elsewhere
In response to an article about Amélie Champagne’s inquiry.
Are you planning to travel?
Being aware of ticks and tick-borne illnesses can help prevent serious health problems at home and away.
Research confirms presence of Borrelia cyst-like structures after antibiotic treatment and uncovers a unique localization of Borrelia species in the brain
Research continues to reveal an increasingly complex picture of Lyme disease.
Spark hope this Giving Tuesday: Your chance to create change!
This Giving Tuesday, show your support for the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation. Let’s ignite a spark of hope together. …
Seeking treatment for Lyme disease in Canada
Research led by Sarah Ciotti focuses on the struggle of a Canadian adolescent and his mother in seeking effective…
Research explores the clinical presentations of Lyme neuroborreliosis
Keeping neurological symptoms and Lyme rashes on the radar.
Profiling disease burden and Borrelia seroprevalence in Canadians with complex and chronic illness
Examining serology and the health burden of Lyme disease and chronic illness with Victoria Sanderson at the G Magnotta…
Chapter review: Lyme Disease can be a diagnosis of hope by Janet and Felix Sperling
Encountering Lyme within the Canadian healthcare system.