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.
Get help for Lyme
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
The Platelet Fraction Is a Novel Reservoir to Detect Lyme Borrelia in Blood
October 29th, 2021 Victoria P Sanderson 1, Iain L Mainprize 1, Lisette Verzijlenberg 1, Cezar M Khursigara 2, Melanie K B Wills 1 Abstract Serological diagnosis of Lyme…
New podcast: The quest for better tests
“In today’s podcast, Sarah speaks with Victoria Sanderson about her exciting new research into Lyme disease testing at the University…
New Podcast: Looking at Lyme carditis with Dr. Adrian Baranchuk
October 19, 2021 In today’s podcast Sarah explores Lyme carditis with Dr. Adrian Baranchuk, a cardiologist from Kingston, Ontario.…
New Podcast: Illness uncertainty in chronic Lyme disease with Maddie Gravelle
Exploring the biopsychosocial impacts of illness uncertainty and Lyme disease. In today’s podcast, Sarah speaks with Maddie Gravelle about…
Lyme Disease Advocacy Organization Meets With FDA
“BOSTON, Oct. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nonprofit grassroots organization TruthCures met with Food & Drug Administration (FDA) officials…
Better diagnostic testing: antibodies and beyond with Dr. Armin Schwarzbach
Dr. Schwarzbach is a specialist in laboratory medicine and infectious diseases, having worked in the field for over 20…
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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Lyme Disease Awareness Month
NO TICK IS A GOOD TICK, all species of ticks that will attach to humans and pets can carry…
Lyme Disease: Diversity of Borrelia Species in California and Mexico Detected Using a Novel Immunoblot Assay
Abstract Background: With more than 300,000 new cases reported each year in the United States of America (USA), Lyme…
Lyme Disease Frontiers: Reconciling Borrelia Biology and Clinical Conundrums
Abstract Lyme disease is a complex tick-borne zoonosis that poses an escalating public health threat in several parts of…
How do infections like the coronavirus jump from animals to people?
National Geographic “Zoonotic diseases, which pass from animals to humans, kill millions of people every year. Where do they…
Monitoring of Nesting Songbirds Detects Established Population of Blacklegged Ticks and Associated Lyme Disease Endemic Area in Canada
Abstract This study provides a novel method of documenting established populations of bird-feeding ticks. Single populations of the blacklegged…
Best advice yet on COVID-19 from front line expert… important for Lyme sufferers.
FYI… Best good advice on COVID-19 that applies to us all by a front line physician at one of…
Watch as Canadian and International experts Present at Nova Scotia conference
Excellent presentations at Nova Scotia conference, fall 2019. Watch now
Dr. Ralph G. Hawkins: Bridging Differences
Dr. Ralph Hawkins gave an excellent talk at the Bridgewater, N.S. conference where he delved into the many problems…
Canadian MP Len Webber addresses Minister of Health on Lyme disease
Minister of Health Patty Hajdu readily admits there is “still lots to learn” about treatment of Lyme disease but…