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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
Excellent Tick Bite Prevention video from Lunenburg Lyme Association, Nova Scotia
Produced for the Lunenburg Lyme Association in collaboration with and support from CanLyme (Rob Murray, a CanLyme board member)…
Non-anticoagulant heparin as a pre-exposure prophylaxis prevents Lyme disease infection.
Abstract Lyme disease (LD) is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl). After transmission to humans by ticks, Bbsl…
Turkey tick news: A molecular investigation into the presence of tick-borne pathogens in host-seeking ticks in Anatolia; Initial evidence of putative vectors and pathogens, and footsteps of a secretly rising vector tick, Haemaphysalis parva.
[CanLyme Note: The title may mislead some to believe they are studying a turkey tick. This is a study of…
Prevalence of Infection and Co-Infection and Presence of Rickettsial Endosymbionts in Ixodes Scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Connecticut, USA.
Abstract Ixodes scapularis is currently known to transmit 7 pathogens responsible for Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, tick-borne relapsing fever, ehrlichiosis,…
Chronic Lyme Disease: An Evidence-Based Definition by the ILADS Working Group
Abstract Objective: Chronic Lyme disease has been a poorly defined term and often dismissed as a fictitious entity. In…
Talking Ticks and Lyme Disease Testing with Dr. Vett Lloyd
Most researchers are inspired to specialize in a particular field by a fascinating graduate course, an inspiring professor or…
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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More news
Lyme disease in Saskatchewan ticks, and dog ticks can infect Borrelia miyamotoi.
The vast majority of ticks found in Saskatchewan are Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick), a species not known to…
A heart specialist in Kingston, Ont. is warning health care professionals across the country to be on the lookout for a rare but serious complication of Lyme disease
May 30th, 2018 A heart specialist in Kingston, Ont. is warning health care professionals across the country to be…
CBC radio show ‘Because News’ does a disservice to Canadians. Lacking science and ethics.
CBC radio show Because News aired a segment on Lyme disease on May 28th, 2018 that got patients and…
Nova Scotians continue to be affected by Lyme disease
May 26th, 2018 Virginia Smith will have to wait before finding out whether she’s the victim of another nasty…
Global News television: Manitoba Canada Lyme awareness – province leads the country in working directly with patient groups.
Watch this interesting piece… “Marnie Le Page from Manitoba Lyme and Communicable Diseases Medical Officer of Health Dr. Richard…
Public Health Agency of Canada – inappropriate non-evidence supported guidelines for Lyme disease.
May 25th, 2018 The below is taken from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) website. It is a…
A home for patient-oriented research
[CanLyme Note: On the Lyme disease file in Canada the patient has been rejected, removed, and denied by the same…
Human Babesiosis Caused by Babesia duncani Has Widespread Distribution across Canada
John D. Scott * and Catherine M. Scott published May 17, 2018 Abstract Human babesiosis caused by Babesia duncani is an emerging…
Aggressiveness, violence, homicidality, homicide, and Lyme disease
Letter Published May 14th, 2018 https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S168751 I read with great interest the article by Bransfield,1 wherein the author reviewed…