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.
Get help for Lyme
Recognizing symptoms and learning how to talk to your doctor are the first steps towards treatment.
Learn more about Lyme
Understanding Lyme disease is the best way to prevent, diagnose and treat it.
Get the facts
Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
The US government and Infectious Disease Society of America admitted they cannot win the battle on Lyme with science.
Read this https://www.openeyepictures.com/references/McSweegan.pdf Dr. Morshed from the British Columbia Center for Disease Control, listed as a recipient on the emails…
B.C. patient questions accuracy of Lyme disease test used by province
Mark Hume VANCOUVER – The Globe and Mail – Published Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2015 Internal government documents show blood tests used…
Internal government documents raise concerns over accuracy of B.C. Lyme disease tests
July 20, 2015 Lyme disease patients denied treatment based on faulty tests Vancouver, BC ~ Confidential documents, obtained through…
Mexico: Tick-borne illness spreads to Tijuana
By Bob McPhail July 17, 2015 A second case of rickettsiosis, a potentially fatal tick-borne bacterial illness, has been…
CTV News: Woman living with Lyme disease shares diagnosis, treatment challenges
CTV London Published Friday, July 17, 2015 A Huron County woman has had her life turned upside down by…
Fredericton Lyme disease support group wants better testing
Alison Chiasson, CBC News July 10th, 2015 Fredericton area residents struggle with symptoms, treatment and diagnosis Joy Pitre says…
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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More news
Tick, Lyme disease season hits Windsor-Essex
CBC News – Posted: Jun 7, 2013 It’s tick season and the Essex Region Conservation Authority has already received a…
Ticks carrying Lyme disease on the rise across N.B.
Biologist Vett Lloyd says it’s no longer a localized problem and everyone should be on alert CBC News – Posted:…
Money stolen: girl’s treatment for Lyme disease in jeopardy
A thief who stole cards full of money meant to help Chelsey Livingston-Rector battle Lyme disease, may have robbed…
Explosion of ticks biting people and pets in Hamilton [Ontario, Canada]
By Mark McNeil The Hamilton area is facing an infestation of brown dog ticks and health authorities are worried…
The NOT so great outdoors – Kathryn Maroun interview
In this episode of The Maritime Outdoorsman, Dave talks about the NOT so great outdoors. After telling about his…
Tick’d Off – Alberta Primetime TV interview – Lyme disease in Alberta not so new
Tick’d Off Original Air Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 Alberta’s tick surveillance program is gathering data on just how…
LYME DISEASE IN QUEBEC – A TICKING TIMEBOMB
For The Gazette by Robert J. Galbraith [CanLyme: We have had enough of bureaucrats making decisions to withold information…
Lyme Disease in deployed military personnel [Canadian]: a ‘tick-ing’ time bomb
Ottawa: The Hill Times CanLyme: This is a very important article. You can sign up for a one day…
ErpC, a member of the complement regulator-acquiring family of surface proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi, possesses an architecture previously unseen in this protein family.
Caesar JJ, Johnson S, Kraiczy P, Lea SM. Source Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South…