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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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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
Capture Sequencing Enables Sensitive Detection of Tick-Borne Agents in Human Blood
March 7, 2022 Abstract Assay sensitivity can be a limiting factor in the use of PCR as a tool…
Two-tier testing no better than a flip of a coin: Molecular Microbiological and Immune Characterization of a Cohort of Patients Diagnosed with Early Lyme Disease
ABSTRACT Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. Current diagnosis of early Lyme disease…
An Atypical Presentation of a Severe Case of Anaplasma Phagocytophilum
March 2022 Abstract We report a case of a 79-year-old male presenting to a South Bronx hospital with complaints…
Neuropathogenicity of non-viable Borrelia burgdorferi ex vivo
[CanLyme Note: We disagree that “appropriate treatment” has been established for borreliosis. Also, this study involved deceased monkeys and is…
Neuropathogenicity of non-viable Borrelia burgdorferi ex vivo
January 2022 Abstract Even after appropriate treatment, a proportion of Lyme disease patients suffer from a constellation of symptoms,…
Tick season is upon us
Insects are emerging as the weather warms up and tick season has arrived March 25th, 2022 Now that warmer…
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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CanLyme board member gives informative interview on radio
CanLyme board member Shelley Ball is interviewed on radio in Ontario. Discusses a broad range of topics including addressing…
Public Health Agency of Canada receives critical review of revisions to Lyme information on their publicly funded website.
September 4, 2020 This critique is a collaborative effort of several groups/organizations that represent Canadians living Lyme disease in…
Failed Disruption of Tick Feeding, Viability, and Molting after Immunization of Mice and Sheep with Recombinant Ixodes ricinus Salivary Proteins IrSPI and IrLip1
Abstract To identify potential vaccine candidates against Ixodes ricinus and tick-borne pathogen transmission, we have previously sequenced the salivary gland transcriptomes…
MP Elizabeth May speaks to the challenge of updating medical best practices and the continued rise of ticks and Lyme disease
“She describes how she first learned about the severity of Lyme disease when speaking to a woman from Pictou,…
Lyme Disease Patient Outcomes and Experiences; A Retrospective Cohort Study
Abstract Lyme disease is a vector-borne illness caused by Borrelia spp. bacterium spread by ticks to humans and other mammals. Despite…
New Podcast” How to protect your pet from Lyme disease
In today’s episode, Sarah speaks with veterinarian Dr. Joe Bloom to find out more about Lyme disease and other…
New Podcast: Dr. Ralph Hawkins shares his medical expertise and hands on experience diagnosing and treating Lyme disease
September 1st, 2020 Dr. Hawkins has been treating Lyme patients in Canada for many years, gaining a wealth of…
New podcast: Dr. Sam Donta, Infectious Disease physician
In today’s episode of #LookingAtLymePodcast we speak with Infectious Disease Physician Dr. Sam Donta. . Dr. Sam Donta has gained a…
Lyme disease is steeped in controversy. Now some doctors are too afraid to treat patients
We missed this article from 2018 so are posting it now as it is as relevant today as it…