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.
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Recognizing symptoms and learning how to talk to your doctor are the first steps towards treatment.
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Understanding Lyme disease is the best way to prevent, diagnose and treat it.
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Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
CTV News: 14.5% of world population has or had Lyme disease: analysis
A recent analysis estimates more than one-tenth of the world’s population likely has or at some point had tick-borne Lyme disease.…
Ticks and Lyme disease are on the rise in Canada, experts warn. Here’s what you need to know
Canada has seen a steep rise in reported Lyme disease cases in recent years, and as the planet warms, those…
B.C. Canada: Five things to know about Lyme disease and ticks in B.C.
[CanLyme Note: 14 percent of the world population represents 1.09 billion people infected with Lyme disease yet the Canadian government…
Lyme Borreliosis and Associations With Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behavior: A Nationwide Danish Cohort Study
Abstract Objective: Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne infectious disease that may confer an increased risk of mental disorders, but…
Don’t throw away that deer tick. Researchers at Mount Allison want to study it
CBC News: June 12, 2022 Study may help reduce the risk of humans contracting Lyme disease When most Maritimers…
Hyperacusis (sound sensitivity), tinnitus (ringing in the ears), sudden hearing loss in Lyme disease – literature references
Sound Sensitivity (Hyperacusis) and the Lyme Disease Connection (Increased sensitivity to certain frequency and volume ranges of sound) Carbamazepine…
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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Alzheimer Plaques visualized by in situ DNA Hybridization with Molecular Beacons specific for Borrelia – a novel histomorphologic application
Abstract Background: This case describes a novel application of Molecular Beacons, which are a patented technology, for the detection…
ALS or ALS mimic by neuroborreliosis–A case report
[CanLyme Note: This report relates that their is reason to double check positive CSF PCR tests for Lyme disease. There…
New Podcast: Lyme and outdoor safety for teaching children
Sarah is excited to announce a new Educator Resource for Lyme disease, and speak with the lead resource developer,…
People working in our forests are at risk for tick borne disease – Sarah and Tim Tchida talk tick safety in treeplanting
February 2, 2021 What can employers do to protect staff who work in the outdoors? In today’s podcast, Sarah…
Genetic Manipulation of Borrelia Spp
Abstract The spirochetes Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii, the etiologic agents of Lyme disease and relapsing fever, respectively, cycle in nature between an…
Borrelia miyamotoi-An Emerging Human Tick-Borne Pathogen in Europe
[CanLyme Note: Canada has Borrelia miyamotoi coast to coast in ticks.] January 12, 2021 Abstract Borrelia miyamotoi is classified as a…
Bartonella henselae Neuroretinitis: A Rare Coinfection in POEMS Syndrome
Abstract Bartonella henselae is a recognized cause of neuroretinitis in cat scratch disease. Meanwhile, polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy,…
New Podcast: Tick testing, active surveillance, and participatory science, with Dr. Vett Lloyd from Mount Allison University
This week, we are very excited to speak with one of Canada’s foremost tick and Lyme disease researchers, Dr.…
New Podcast: Continuing medical education for physicians
As Dr. Maloney says, “Research is our way out of this.” This is our kind of expert leading the…