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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
ALS or ALS mimic by neuroborreliosis–A case report
[CanLyme Note: This report relates that their is reason to double check positive CSF PCR tests for Lyme disease. There…
New Podcast: Lyme and outdoor safety for teaching children
Sarah is excited to announce a new Educator Resource for Lyme disease, and speak with the lead resource developer,…
People working in our forests are at risk for tick borne disease – Sarah and Tim Tchida talk tick safety in treeplanting
February 2, 2021 What can employers do to protect staff who work in the outdoors? In today’s podcast, Sarah…
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…
Borrelia miyamotoi-An Emerging Human Tick-Borne Pathogen in Europe
[CanLyme Note: Canada has Borrelia miyamotoi coast to coast in ticks.] January 12, 2021 Abstract Borrelia miyamotoi is classified as a…
Bartonella henselae Neuroretinitis: A Rare Coinfection in POEMS Syndrome
Abstract Bartonella henselae is a recognized cause of neuroretinitis in cat scratch disease. Meanwhile, polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy,…
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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How many cases of Lyme disease are we missing?
June 27th, 2019 DONNA LUGAR I participated in a “Tick Talk” in Bedford with Lisa Ali Learning of AtlanTick…
The new draft of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) guidelines open for public comment for 45 days.
The IDSA has presented their draft guidelines which with a brief scan appear not much different then their old…
Ottawa mom warns parents to check their kids for ticks after her toddler is diagnosed with Lyme disease
[CanLyme Note: It is nice to hear that the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) ‘may’ be actually taking this…
Avril Lavigne announces 1st tour since Lyme disease diagnosis
June 24th, 2019 “Lavigne says she wrote all of the songs sitting in her bed or on the couch…
‘Scary World’ of Generic Drug Manufacturing, Revealed
[CanLyme Note: This is very important for those being treated for Lyme disease who may not be responding to the…
First US human bite from worrying longhorned tick noted
“The tick was found in the United States for the first time in 2017 on a sheep in New…
Tick found south of North Bay tested positive for Lyme disease
The yearly trend indicates that there is an increased presence of blacklegged ticks testing positive in our district. The…
TICKED OFF Deadly ticks carrying Ebola-like Congo fever ‘found in UK after spreading across Europe’
June 19th, 2019 A TICK capable of carrying killer Ebola-like viruses has been found in the UK after spreading…
NBC Today Show: Magician spends years trying to solve his medical mystery
Mentalist and magician Max Major is an expert at perception and making things disappear. But for most of his…