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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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Understanding Lyme disease is the best way to prevent, diagnose and treat it.
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Recent dispatches
YOU CAN’T COUNT ON TESTING OF ENGORGED TICKS
A recent study published in the Journal of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases examined the prevalence of ticks in the…
Hide and Seek: How Lyme Disease Spirochetes Overcome Complement Attack
Peter Kraiczy* Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Overcoming the…
Timmins, Ontario: Tick taken from local resident linked to Lyme disease
[CanLyme Note: Continuing to inform the public as to whether they are in a low risk or high risk area…
Same Tick, Different Disease: Vermont Health Dept. Warns Of Rise Of Anaplasmosis
[CanLyme Note: Canadian cases of anaplasmosis are on the rise as well] By MITCH WERTLIEB, LIAM CONNORS SEP 28,…
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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Why are crippling Lyme disease cases being misdiagnosed?
David Leggett used to love the outdoors. He was a healthy, active, family man who enjoyed camping trips with…
Cardiac MRI of Lyme disease myocarditis.
Cardiac MRI of Lyme disease myocarditis. Heart. 2011 Nov 14; Authors: Maher B, Murday D, Harden SP PMID: 22082689…
Background on CanLyme
Founded in 2003 by Jim Wilson, the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) strives to inform the public about Lyme…
Fact sheet
In Canada, the tick life-cycle can span up to two years in the natural environment, and are infectious year-round…
Metagenomic Profile of the Bacterial Communities Associated with Ixodes ricinus Ticks.
Assessment of the microbial diversity residing in arthropod vectors of medical importance is crucial for monitoring endemic infections, for…
Human to human transmission of tick-borne disease
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is an emerging tick-borne disease in China. A cluster of cases among health care workers…
5-year follow-up study of patients with neuroborreliosis.
The objective of the follow-up study was to determine the long-term outcome of strictly classified cases of neuroborreliosis treated…
Study supports chronic Lyme
The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is an extracellular microbe that causes persistent infection despite the development of strong…
How the Neutrophil Both Kills and Protects the Lyme Spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi
My research focuses on the functions of phagocytic cells, both macrophages and neutrophils, and their interaction with the Lyme…