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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
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…
The Long-Term Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi Antigens and DNA in the Tissues of a Patient with Lyme Disease
Oct. 2019 Abstract: Whether Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, can persist for long periods in the…
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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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…
Borrelia miyamotoi rash is breaking the myth that rashes caused by borreliosis (Lyme disease) must expand beyond 5 cm.
Canada has Borrelia miyamotoi and other borrelia from coast to coast. The standard guidelines imposed on doctors state myths…
CTV: Alberta Primetime – Lyme Disease in Alberta
May 10th, 2018 [CanLyme Note: Dr. Dan Gregson, seen in this news report, infectious disease HIV specialist (not Lyme disease…
Uptick in B.C. Lyme disease cases attributed to new test, increased awareness
[CanLyme Note: We have had many meetings with the BC CDC over the years pointing out the problems with their…
Tick tick boom: Lyme’s disease cases increase fourfold in 20 years [Netherlands]
[Tick Tick Boom everywhere] The number of people in the Netherlands with Lyme’s disease continues to rise and the…