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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
Cancer specialist with Lyme disease – his battle with diagnosis and bureaucracy
Cancer specialist at Duke University Medical Center, Dr. Neil Spector, tells his story of getting a diagnosis … if…
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Lyme Disease: How the Way of Reporting a Clinical Trial Can Alter the Perception of Effectiveness
Urba`Gonza´ lez, MD, PhD; Department of Dermatology, Clinica Plato´ , Barcelona, Spain “Comment I recommend the complementary reading of…
Ride for Lyme goes nationwide
WINNIPEG – Two friends are riding their bikes across Canada to change the way Canadians see Lyme disease. At…
Watch out in the woods: Tick season peaks in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE – Ticks are little bugs that can cause big problems. The small spider-like animals bite people and pets…
Infection Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ticks Collected from Songbirds in Far-Western Canada
Authors: John D. Scott, Lance A. Durden, John F. Anderson AbstractWorldwide, wild birds play a vital role in the…
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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Serologic Evidence for Borrelia hermsii Infection in Rodents on Federally Owned Recreational Areas in California.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013 Mar 14. [Epub ahead of print] Fritz CL, Payne JR, Schwan TG. Source…
Detection of human bacterial pathogens in ticks collected from Louisiana black bears (Ursus americanus luteolus).
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2013 Apr;4(3):191-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.12.002. Epub 2013 Feb 15. Leydet BF Jr, Liang FT. Source Department…
NY Mets great and Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver feeling better, winning his battle with Lyme disease
It’s been a living hell of uncertainty, confusion, depression and downright fear. The Mets’ ‘Franchise,’ author of 311 career…
Lawyer warns Ontario, Canada government that they may be grossly neligent opening doors for lawsuits
CanLyme has received a copy of a letter, linked at the bottom of this, that was just sent March 11th, 2013 to…
Tick-Borne Disease: A Public Health Crisis (Senators, Patients and Physicians speak)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, TBDA and Weill Cornell Medical College Host NYC Forum on Silent Epidemic of…
A simple method for the detection of live Borrelia spirochaetes in human blood using classical microscopy techniques
Abstract We have developed a simple method for the detection of live spirochaete stages in blood of patients where…