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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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Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
Antibiotic gel shows promise in preventing onset of Lyme borreliosis following tick bite
December 2016 Topical azithromycin for the prevention of Lyme borreliosis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 efficacy trial An…
The Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi infects murine bone and induces trabecular bone loss
Tian Tian Tang, Lucia Zhang, Anil Bansal, Marc Grynpas, and Tara J. Moriarty Accepted Manuscript Posted Online 12 December…
Woman’s Mystery Illness Turns Out to Be Tick-Borne Disease
By Gillian Mohney and Dr. Sabrina Anna Rebis A 66-year-old woman’s mysterious illness that left her feverish and with slurred…
Portland, Maine: Despite drought, Lyme disease cases came roaring back this fall
[CanLyme Note: Due to the proximity to the Canadian border and the role of our friendly migratory birds in…
Commercial test kits for detection of Lyme borreliosis: a meta-analysis of test accuracy
November 2016 Abstract: The clinical diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis can be supported by various test methodologies; test kits are…
Bill to combat Lyme disease heads to Pres. Obama for signature
December 7th, 2016 WASHINGTON (NEWS10) – The U.S. Senate passed legislation to combat Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. The…
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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Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States
Chris D. Crowder, Heather E. Carolan, Megan A. Rounds, Vaclav Honig, Benedikt Mothes, Heike Haag, Oliver Nolte, Ben J.…
Ottawa, Canada: Lyme disease can’t keep Manotick baker down
Manotick News By Emma Jackson Veronique Ayling has been dreaming of her own cupcake shop for the better part…
Tick Paralysis in a Snowshoe Hare by Ixodes pacificus Ticks in British Columbia, Canada
J Veter Sci MedAugust 2014 Volume 2 Issue 2 August 29, 2014 AbstractWe provide the first reported case of…
Spotted fever group rickettsiae in multiple hard tick species from Fairfax County, Virginia.
Henning TC, Orr JM, Smith JD, Arias JR, Norris DE. The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and…
Invariant natural killer T cells act as an extravascular cytotoxic barrier for joint-invading Lyme Borrelia
Maria-Jesus Sanz, Connie H. Y. Wong, Pierre-Olivier Hardy, Aydan Salman-Dilgimen, Tara J. Moriart, George Chaconas, Adriana Marques, Roman Krawetz,…
A seroepidemiologic study of human infections with spotted fever group rickettsiae in North Carolina
Meagan F. Vaughn et al, September 2014, doi:10.1128/JCM.01733-14 ABSTRACT Increasing entomologic and epidemiologic evidence suggests that spotted fever group…
Remarkable diversity of tick or mammalian-associated Borreliae in the metropolitan San Francisco Bay Area, California
Natalia Fedorova, Joyce E. Kleinjan, David James, Lucia T. Hui, Hans Peeters, Robert S. Lane Abstract The diversity of…
Lyme disease patient handed hefty FOI bill
Vancouver, BC, Canada / (CKNW AM) AM980 Shane Woodford September 08, 2014 08:24 pm A woman suffering from…
United States: Lyme Victory as Bill passes US House of Representatives
[CanLyme note: Congratulations to to the US House of Representatives for passing this important legislation. Years of hard work…