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
Incremental steps make a difference for Lyme patients in Canada
Acknowledging small wins is important for building momentum.
The science of the global coverage of lichen is a cautionary tale
The history of science is replete with successes and failures, leaps and missteps. The missteps can be instructive to…
Remembering Jim Wilson
It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my dear friend, colleague, and former board director…
In memoriam: Jim Wilson
Jim Wilson was the founder and past president of CanLyme and his work changed countless lives.
Remembering Jim Wilson
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our founder and past-president, Jim Wilson.
Researchers study ticks in Ottawa where residential zones border woodland areas
32% of the adult and nymph ticks tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
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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Children are more than twice as likely to lose their detectable antibodies to Lyme disease bacteria
Background Lyme borreliosis (LB), caused by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), is the most common tick-borne infection in Germany. Antibodies against Bb are prevalent in…
Toward a common research agenda in infection
Associated chronic illnesses: a workshop to examine common, overlapping clinical and biological factors!
2023 ILADS Conference education grants now available from CanLyme
Learn the latest about Vector-Borne Diseases from the world’s top experts, October 19-21 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Call for better combination treatments and diagnostics for Lyme
Recent calls to action by Dr. Monica Embers and Dr. John Aucott.
Lyme neuroborreliosis: A case report
Abstract Key Clinical Message Lyme neuroborreliosis is the manifestation of Lyme borreliosis that impacts the nervous system. It gives…
Why Lyme treatments often fail
Monica Embers, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University, Director of Vector-Borne Disease Research and member…
6-year-old may need to relearn how to walk, talk after tick bite leads to ICU, mom says
A bite from a tick left a 6-year-old Arkansas boy fighting for his life, his mother says, and he…
Elizabeth May speaks to the need for greater access to Lyme literate physicians and other changes
Lyme advocate, MP, current Leader of the Green Party of Canada.
A short history of CanLyme, by Jim Wilson
Panelist Jim Wilson is the Past President and Founder of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation.