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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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UC Berkeley: Study IDs key birds that host Lyme disease bacteria in California
[ CanLyme note: Western Canadian ticks often come from migratory birds from California and other western states. Borrelia bissettii was…
Development of droplet digital PCR for the detection of Babesia microti and Babesia duncani
doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2014.12.003 Abstract Babesia spp. are obligate protozoan parasites of red blood cells. Transmission to humans occurs through bites from…
CDC Warns of New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found in Kansas
February 21st, 2015 New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found in Kansas, man fell ill and died after becoming…
New York: Senator Sue Serino named as chair of Tick-Borne Disease task force
Feb 20th, 2015 Alan Fanitzi, Poughkeepsie Journal New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos named Senator Sue…
Case Report: Bilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction due to Borrelia Burgdorferi
Suhail Basunaid1, Chris van der Grinten1, Nicole Cobben1,2, Astrid Otte2, Roy Sprooten2, Rohde Gernot1 Abstract Summary: In this…
A Rare Case of ARDS From Human Anaplasmosis
Kaphle U, Kheir F, Thammasitboon S. Respiratory Care, online before print, 2015 Feb 10. Abstract Human granulocytic anaplasmosis…
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.
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Investigation of the genes involved in antigenic switching at the vlsE locus in Borrelia burgdorferi: an essential role for the RuvAB branch migrase.
Persistent infection by pathogenic organisms requires effective strategies for the defense of these organisms against the host immune response.
An intravascular immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi involves Kupffer cells and iNKT cells
Here we investigate the dynamics of the hepatic intravascular immune response to a pathogen relevant to invariant natural killer…
Detection of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, including three novel genotypes in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from songbirds (Passeriformes) across Canada
The source of sporadic Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) across Canada has been a mystery. Several tenets abound about the…
Widespread dispersal of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks collected from songbirds across Canada.
Scott JD, Anderson JF, Durden LA J Parasitol 2011 08 24 Abstract Millions of Lyme disease vector ticks are…
Genetic blueprint of bacteria causing Lyme disease unraveled
Benjamin Luft, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, and a team of medical researchers have determined…
Whole-Genome Sequences of Thirteen Isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi
Borrelia burgdorferi is a causative agent of Lyme disease in North America and Eurasia. The first complete genome sequence…
CSM Murray Award Lecture – Functional studies of the Lyme disease spirochete – from molecules to mice
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary
What are the Top Ten Dog Diseases?
Dog Diseases number in the scores, just as in humans. But, veterinarians tend to see some much more than…
Vaccinate pets against Lyme disease: vets
Veterinarians are recommending that pets be vaccinated against the deer tick because the number of pests carrying Lyme disease…