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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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Recent dispatches
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…
Open AccessArticle Tick-Borne Surveillance Patterns in Perceived Non-Endemic Geographic Areas: Human Tick Encounters and Disease Outcomes
Quote from Discussion section of paper: “Given that LD is often labeled a “contested illness,” TTS respondents who may…
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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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…
Canada loses a great Lyme disease defender, Paul Haefling author of Oh Canada: The “Politicks” of Lyme Disease
Obituary Haefling, Paul M.A. (English), LL.B – Passed away surrounded by his loving wife Catherine of 54 years and…
Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease
Neuroscience News February 21, 2020 …” The researchers show that plant extracts from black walnut, cat’s claw, sweet wormwood,…
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…
Canada: Serious flaws in a medical system lacking medical and scientific ethic
Presenting at a Lyme disease conference held in Bridgewater, NS, in November 2019, it was said that Nova Scotia…