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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
Overruled: Canadian physician was slapped on the hand for not following IDSA guidelines… appeal decision said he does not have to follow those guidelines.
This is yet another case of a College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada, overstepping their right to enforce…
A Borrelia burgdorferi surface-exposed transmembrane protein lacking detectable immune responses supports pathogen persistence and constitutes a vaccine target.
Kung F, Kaur S, Smith AA, Yang X, Wilder CN, Sharma K, Buyuktanir O, Pal U. The Journal of…
USA: Air Force med group finds rare animal bacteria in soldier [borreliosis, Borrelia turicatae]
January 18th, 2016 published in Air Force Times “The bacteria, Borrelia turicatae – which has been known to display side…
Ticks that Transmit Lyme Disease Reported in 48.6% of U.S. Counties
[CanLyme note: A good take home message from this article linked below is that for government to focus heavily…
The Need for Clinical Judgment in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease
Abstract Clinical practice guidelines are increasing in number. Unfortunately, when scientific evidence is uncertain, limited, or evolving, as is…
Ticks parasitizing gallinaceous birds in Canada and first record of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) from California Quail
Systematic & Applied Acarology 21(1): 1–12 (2016) https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.21.1.1 JOHN D. SCOTT, JOHN F. ANDERSON, LANCE A. DURDEN, MORGAN L.…
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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La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme fait un don de 304 000 $ pour l’avancement de la recherche sur la maladie de Lyme
KELOWNA, BC, le 11 déc. 2013 /CNW/ – La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme, organisation caritative enregistrée,…
La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme fait un don de 304 000 $ pour l’avancement de la recherche sur la maladie de Lyme
KELOWNA, BC, le 11 déc. 2013 /CNW/ – La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme, organisation caritative enregistrée,…
Press release – Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation donates $304,000 to further Lyme Disease research, announces ongoing venture grant policy
Dec 11th, 2013 The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, a registered charitable organization, is pleased to announce that it has…
U.S. Center for Disease Control releases statement; Lyme disease cases seriously under-reported – now 300,000 cases per year
“…Each year, more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to CDC, making it the most commonly reported tick-borne illness…
Landscape design can reduce risk of Lyme disease: Please stop with the Lyme tick nurseries
In the region of upstate New York where I live, Lyme disease- an infection of the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria…
Huffington Post – Lyme in Austria
Lyme (Borreliosis), Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Bartonella, Tularemia, and more recently, Borrelia miyamotoi (a distant relative…
James Christie speaks in Richmond Hill Oct. 30
Richmond Hill Liberal By Kim Zarzour It started out as a bout with the flu, progressed to thoughts of…
Poleward Expansion of the White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) under Climate Change: Implications for the Spread of Lyme Disease
Emilie Roy-Dufresne, Affiliations: Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Travis Logan, Affiliation: Ouranos Consortium, Montreal, Canada …
Lyme disease taking a toll on local families
Mothers of local children frustrated with how disease is diagnosed and treated; one heads to US for answers. Kawartha…