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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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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,…
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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The Situation of Human Rights Defenders of Lyme and Relapsing Fever Borreliosis Patients: Edition One March 6, 2018
Thanks to the tremendous effort of Jenna Luché-Thayer the report was presented at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, in…
Ground Breaking Recognition of Lyme Borreliosis in 11th International Classification of Diseases – World Health Organization
[CanLyme Note: CanLyme was represented on the international Ad Hoc Committee for Health Equity in ICD11 Borreliosis Codes by CanLyme president…
Lyme-disease-carrying ticks a growing problem in Ontario as ticks climb tops of tall grass waiting for victims
[CanLyme Note: this article includes some information we disagree with. Treating with a single dose of antibiotics lacks GRADE…
Woman walks away from wheelchair after recovering from Lyme disease
July 23, 2018 Chronicle Herald by Nikki Sullivan PORT CALEDONIA – Melissa Boutilier knows how quickly life can change…
Far-Reaching Dispersal of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato-Infected Blacklegged Ticks by Migratory Songbirds in Canada
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare6030089 Abstract Lyme disease has been documented in northern areas of Canada, but the source of the etiological bacterium, Borrelia…
Borrelia burgdorferi adhere to blood vessels in the dura mater and are associated with increased meningeal T cells during murine disseminated borreliosis
Published: May 3, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196893 ABSTRACT Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, is a vector-borne bacterial infection…
What are implications for eastern Canada? – New York – Warning Issued After New Tick Species Discovered In Westchester
[CanLyme Note: Ticks in New York state are only a short flight away aboard our migratory passerine birds ie robins,…
Dog owners issued warning as deer ticks move into Calgary backyards
July 16th, 2018 Deer ticks no longer respect city limits. That was the word Monday from Dr. Wendy McLelland,…
Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of strains of the agent of Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi from Canadian emergence zones.
S. Tyler, et al July 2018 Abstract Lyme disease is emerging in southern Canada due to range expansion of…