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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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Recent dispatches
Eradication of Biofilm-Like Microcolony Structures of Borrelia burgdorferi by Daunomycin and Daptomycin but not Mitomycin C in Combination with Doxycycline and Cefuroxime
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00062 10…
Windsor, Canada: Parents credit antibiotic for autistic child’s ‘monumental’ improvements
[CanLyme note: Many parents with autistic children who have also received treatment for a Lyme disease infection report similar amazing…
Drexel University Team Duplicates Dr Alan MacDonald’s Findings of Bacterial Biofilms in Alzheimer’s Plaques
Feb. 2016 – Allen et al., J Neuroinfect Dis 2016, 7:1 Dr. Herbert B. Allen and his colleagues…
Mayo Researchers Identify New Borrelia Species that Causes Lyme Disease
Article sub-heading: Until now, Borrelia burgdorferi was only species believed to cause Lyme disease in North America [Canlyme note: actually,…
Is basic science disappearing from medicine? The decline of biomedical research in the medical literature
Published online before print October 14, 2015, doi:10.1096/fj.15-281758 February 2016 The FASEB Journal vol. 30 no. 2 515-518 Abstract Explosive growth in…
Looking for Canadian input : Survey on the treatment of Lyme disease outside of Canada [that Canadians have had to seek due to lack of help in Canada].
Survey on the treatment of Lyme disease outside of Canada We are conducting a survey to estimate the number…
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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On the Curious Motions of Syphilis and Lyme Disease Bacteria
By Jennifer Frazer | December 28, 2013 The bacteria that cause syphilis and Lyme Disease have something extraordinary in common: they manage to propel themselves through…
Crucial Player For Lyme Disease Transmission Identified
December 20th, 2013 Public Library of Science Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, hitchhikes in ticks for…
United States: Delegate Ramadan Announces $250,000 in Budget for Lyme Testing at George Mason University
~Governor McDonnell included this budget item based on Delegate Ramadan’s request ~ Dulles, VA | December 18, 2013 – Delegate…
York Region, Ontario: Vet urges caution following tick discovery
By Amanda Persico Dec. 16th, 2013 While tick season is usually in spring and fall, when temperatures are above 4C…
Mosquito’s? Selected phenotypic features of BR91, a unique spirochaetal strain isolated from the Culex pipiens mosquito.
Sikutová S, Bunková L, Krejčí E, Halouzka J, Sanogo YO, Rudolf I. Source Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech…
Ottawa nurse must go to U.S. to seek Lyme disease treatment
Like most Lyme disease patients in Canada, Dawn Lavarnway doesn’t remember when she was bitten by the tick that…
United States to limit antibiotic use in food farm industry, thought to be 8 times that of human use
FDA NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Wed. Dec. 11, 2013 Media Inquiries: Shelly Burgess, 301-796-4651, shelly [dot] burgess [at] fda [dot]…
Three Sudden Cardiac Deaths Associated with Lyme Carditis – United States, November 2012–July 2013
December 13, 2013 / 62(49);993-996 Lyme disease* is a multisystem illness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete transmitted by…
It’s because of the 12-year-old Kenzieville girl, who has Lyme disease, that he doesn’t give up in his races…