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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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Isolation of live Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes from patients with undefined disorders and symptoms not typical for Lyme borreliosis.
Rudenko, N, et al Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Dec 7. pii: S1198-743X(15)00991-X. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.11.009. Abstract Lyme borreliosis is a multisystem…
Partially fed ticks who then re-attach to a new host can transmit Lyme disease within 24 hours 83% of the time according to study.
Int J Gen Med. 2015; 8: 1–8. Published online 2014 Dec 19. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S73791 PMCID: PMC4278789 Lyme borreliosis: a…
United States : CDC Refuses to End Preferential Treatment of IDSA Lyme Guidelines in Response to Citizen Petition Patient advocates cite CDC/IDSA conflicts of interest
“Fries says, “It’s unacceptable that when a federal government agency is presented with evidence of improprieties, the official response…
Distribution and survival of Borrelia miyamotoi in human blood components
Aaron M. Thorp and Laura Tonnetti Article first published online: 21 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/trf.13398 BACKGROUND Borrelia miyamotoi, the agent…
Dr. Judith Miklossy – Video on (Lyme disease) neuroborreliosis relative to Alzheimer’s Disease
Published on Oct 19, 2014 Judith Miklossy, PhD, held a very interesting presentation at the NorVect Conference 2014. In…
Watch interview of Prof Ying Zhang on Borrelia persisters
Interview with Prof. Ying Zhang at the NorVect Conference 2015 Published on Sep 29, 2015 Prof Ying Zhang…
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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CanLyme Venture Grants Policy
This policy is out of date. Please reference our newest Venture Grants policy. POSTED NOVEMBER 16, 2013 BY CANLYME UPDATED…
Lyme Disease Community Blows the Whistle on Corruption Within the CDC
[CanLyme note: The Canadian government intentionally takes it’s direction from the US CDC and their small select group to…
Lyme disease meeting helps raise awareness in Abbotsford
By Alex Butler – Abbotsford News Published: November 15, 2013 8:00 AM Updated: November 15, 2013 8:58 AM For those suffering from Lyme…
Lyme bacteria show that evolvability is evolvable
Natural selection favours those with a greater capacity to generate genetic variation. Hannah Hoag 14 November 2013 Borrelia…
Reliving their pain to shed light on Lyme – Peace Arch News, BC, Canada
By Sarah Massah – Peace Arch News Published: November 12, 2013 1:00 PM Updated: November 12, 2013 1:18 PM…
Huffington Post: The Global Search for Education: The 300,000 – Ticks
C. M. Rubin Blogger and author, ‘The Real Alice in Wonderland Posted: November 9th, 2013 The “We are the…
LA Times: The Lyme disease battle
[CanLyme Note: The term ‘mainstream scientist’ is sadly used with the implication these are independent scientists and that there…
Lyme Disease Awareness Forum – Abbotsford, BC
A public awareness forum is to be held free of charge on November 14th, 2013 in Abbotsford, BC, with…
Discover Magazine: Dec. 2013 – The Confounding Debate Over Lyme Disease in the South
The debilitating tick-borne disease is well-documented north of the Mason-Dixon line, but does it exist beyond that? By Wendy Orent, Friday,…