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.
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Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
Watch the long awaited ongoing trial of Lyme patient Frank Papineau that was delayed 3 years.
The trial deals with alleged negligence on the part of physicians. Patient Papineau vs Romero-Sierra et al The trial…
New hope? A selective antibiotic for Lyme disease
October 2021 Summary Lyme disease is on the rise. Caused by a spirochete Borreliella burgdorferi, it affects an estimated 500,000…
Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia odocoilei, Babesia sp., Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, and Hepatozoon canis in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected in Eastern Canada
Abstract Tick-borne pathogens cause infectious diseases that inflict much societal and financial hardship worldwide. Blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, are primary…
Raising Awareness for Outdoor Enthusiasts
Outdoor enthusiasts are among the highest risk group for contracting tick borne diseases. Here is an information pamphlet to…
New podcast: Exploring the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society with Dr. Amy Offutt
Join Sarah in today’s podcast as she explores everything ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society) with Dr. Amy Offutt. Dr.…
New Podcast: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor on the beauty and resilience of the brain – Lyme disease from a cellular perspective
Welcome back to the Looking at Lyme Podcast… here we are in Season 3! In this episode, Sarah explores…
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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Potential treatment for Lyme disease kills bacteria that may cause lingering symptoms, study finds
March 12, 2020 “For decades, the routine treatment for Lyme disease has been standard antibiotics, which usually kill off…
Shania Twain: I’m never going to have my old voice again
March 8, 2020 “She got the tick-borne illness in 2003, and had to undergo open-throat surgery after her voice…
Canadian has brain of 70-year-old after ‘flawed’ test let disease go undiagnosed for years
March 11th, 2018 TORONTO — A young Canadian woman has been left with the brain of a 70-year-old after…
Post-treatment Lyme Disease as a Model for Persistent Symptoms in Lyme Disease
[CanLyme Note: The term post treatment Lyme disease syndrome is controversial and excludes those not effectively treated following the…
A Mystery Illness That Changed My Life
“As I was getting my body ready for my 1st pregnancy, my doctor at the time was running blood…
Borrelia burgdorferi hijacks cellular metabolism of immune cells: Consequences for host defense
Abstract Changes in cellular metabolism have proven to be important factors in driving cell behavior. It has been shown…
Transgenic functional complementation with a transmission -associated protein restores spirochete infectivity by tick bite
Abstract The relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii and the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto each produces an abundant, orthologous, outer membrane…
Tipping Point: The Resistance Is Gaining In The Lyme Wars
By Mary Beth Pfeiffer ” Government and medicine have systematically failed to diagnose, treat or prevent a spreading plague…
The General Symptom Questionnaire-30 (GSQ-30): A Brief Measure of Multi-System Symptom Burden in Lyme Disease
[CanLyme Note: The term post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) referenced in this article is contentious as it implies treatment…