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.
Learn more about Lyme
Understanding Lyme disease is the best way to prevent, diagnose and treat it.
Get the facts
Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
Une quinzaine de cliniques déployées pour qu’on prenne en charge les symptômes de la COVID longue et de la maladie de Lyme
QUÉBEC, le 19 mai 2022 /CNW Telbec/ – Le ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Christian Dubé, annonce aujourd’hui…
Montreal Gazette: Quebec opening 15 long-COVID and Lyme disease clinics
[CanLyme Note: If these clinics as regards to Lyme disease are to be bound to follow the current Association of…
CBC News: This Toronto woman says she’s ‘living in hell’ as ticks invade her back yard
May 18, 2022 Michelle Snider says she’s has had to pull 25 to 30 ticks off her dogs and…
Global TV News: Nova Scotia has the highest tick-to-human ratio in the country: biology professor
By Alexa MacLean, Global News May 17th, 2022 A biology professor who studies ticks for a living says Nova Scotians should…
CanLyme president gives presentation to Seniors’ College Association of Nova Scotia
You can view the entire presentation on the Seniors’ College Association of Nova Scotia website… Watch presentation on their…
Pioneering Lyme pediatrician Charles Ray Jones, who treated successfully many Canadian children with Lyme disease who were abandoned by Canadian healthcare dies at age 93
“Dr. Charles Ray Jones, a trailblazing pediatric Lyme specialist who has treated more than 15,000 children from around 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.
Learn to protect yourself
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New podcast: Wilderness first aid training and Lyme prevention
“In today’s podcast, Sarah examines the importance of adequate training in wilderness first aid skills. She speaks with expert…
Will this latest Canadian research change the paradigm of testing and lab diagnostics for Lyme disease globally?
Abstract Serological diagnosis of Lyme disease suffers from considerable limitations. Yet, the technique cannot currently be replaced by direct…
New Podcast: Reducing your risk while outdoors
“In this podcast, Sarah speaks with Steve Smith, an expert in outdoor risk management. Steve has worked for many…
View public comments given to the USA Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG)
[CanLyme Note: In the comments of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) they state,”IDSA continues to advocate for…
YebC regulates variable surface antigen VlsE expression and is required for host immune evasion in Borrelia burgdorferi
Oct. 2020 PLOS PATHOGENS Abstract Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease pathogen causes persistent infection by evading the host immune…
New Podcast: Back to the lab with Dr. Melanie Wills from the G. Magnotta Lyme Disease Research Lab at the University of Guelph
“In this episode Sarah talks research, Canadian research that is, with Dr. Melanie Wills. She is the Director of…
A message to Canadian Lyme disease patients from W5 TV show. They want you!!
“Hello all, If you are receiving this email then you and I have spoken about the documentary W5 is…
Unintended Consequences: The Perils of Publication and Citation Bias
“The system of scientific communication appears to be more fragile than was once believed.” Decisions made by individuals with…
New podcast: Dr. Alexis Cheney from Vermont outlines her expertise on Lyme disease
“In this episode, Sarah hears from Alexis Chesney, a naturopathic physician in Vermont who specializes in Lyme disease and…