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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
Manitoba, CBC Radio: Lyme disease season is here, province warns to be on alert
[CanLyme note: In the CBC article it says that according to Manitoba Health, “It’s estimated that 70 to 80 per…
Niagara, ON: ‘I want people to know about Lyme disease’
Smithville woman went three years before diagnosis Grimsby Lincoln News by Amanda Moore, May 13th, 2015 SMITHVILLE – Shortly…
Montérégie at epicentre of uptick in Lyme disease in Quebec
KATHERINE WILTON, MONTREAL GAZETTE Published on: May 13, 2015 Hikers heading to the mountains and forests in the Montérégie…
Dr. Ben Boucher discusses Lyme disease on CBC radio
May 8th, 2015 Dr. Ben Boucher is speaking at a Maritime Tick Conference in Moncton about the difficulty in…
Activists call for provincial Lyme disease strategy
May 6th, 2015 Jessica Bell from the Ontario Lyme Alliance and Jeanne Pacey who suffers from Lyme disease, spoke…
How one small bite can change a life
Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist May 10, 2015 Retired anesthesiologist Dr. Martin Rodgers was treated with two days’ worth…
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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Biofilms: A New Hideout for Borrelia burgdorferi?
The University of New Haven established a Lyme Disease Research group six years ago. To date, over forty graduate…
Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi
Background: Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Although antibiotic therapy is usually effective…
There will likely never be a Lyme vaccine says researcher Alan Barbour.
Why some strains of Lyme disease bacteria are common and others are not Findings could lead to novel strategy…
Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health
Summary Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) complex is a diverse group of worldwide distributed bacteria that includes 18 named…
Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii
Gabriele Margos,a,* Andrias Hojgaard,b Robert S. Lane,c Muriel Cornet,d Volker Fingerle,e Nataliia Rudenko,f Nicholas Ogden,g David M. Aanensen,h Durland…
Humans Infected with Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia
Abstract Borrelia miyamotoi is distantly related to B. burgdorferi and transmitted by the same hard-body tick species. We report…
Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis in the Czech Republic.
Nataliia Rudenko Maryna Golovchenko Aleš Mokráček Natalja Piskunová Daniel Růžek Nadja Mallatová Libor Grubhoffer ABSTRACT Molecular analysis of a…
Nouveau-Brunswick: le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme en hausse
La Presse Canadienne Fredericton Le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme est en hausse au Nouveau-Brunswick, selon des…
Nouveau-Brunswick: le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme en hausse
La Presse Canadienne Fredericton Le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme est en hausse au Nouveau-Brunswick, selon des…