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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
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.…
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…
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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Landscape design can reduce risk of Lyme disease: Please stop with the Lyme tick nurseries
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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…
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…