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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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Recognizing symptoms and learning how to talk to your doctor are the first steps towards treatment.
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Understanding Lyme disease is the best way to prevent, diagnose and treat it.
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Recent dispatches
A Multiple Streams Approach to Understanding the Issues and Challenges of Lyme Disease Management in Canada’s Maritime Provinces
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 May; 16(9): 1531. Published online 2019 Apr 30. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16091531 Mario Levesque and Matthew Klohn Abstract…
New York State Grants Approval for IGeneX’s Newly Developed Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) ImmunoBlot Tests
[CanLyme Note: New York State has one of the strictest certification and approval processes in North America for laboratory tests. …
Lyme disease is an emergency. Instead of feeding the hype, we must support the science.
The controversy may be low-hanging fruit, but what we really need to focus on is a motherlode of hopeful…
United States: White House shows lack of concern for tick-borne disease outbreak. Funding withdrawn. Voter base will suffer.
The Hill, October 1st, 2019 “Clark said he considered the end of the advisory board a “great loss” to…
Canadian Cycling Magazine: Ticks and Lyme disease: What you need to know
With tick-borne illnesses on the rise in many parts of Canada, prevention is key for cyclists riding through the…
LETTER: Ethics of science must factor in fight against Lyme disease
September 20, 2019 To Dr. Ryan’s credit he has expressed interest in seeing Lyme and tick-borne disease prevention introduced…
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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Canadian legend passes away – helped raise money for CanLyme – Johnny Bower
December 27th, 2017 Johnny Bower, Canadian hockey legend and amazing humanitarian passed away on December 26th, 2017. He was…
CANADA, CASE REPORT: New-onset Bell palsy and Lyme disease
[Canlyme Note: It is important for physicians to be aware that treatment duration is to be determined by the clinical…
You must check your pets paws for ticks!!
Daily tick checks and using tick repellents on your pets is a must when you live in a tick…
Spain has significant risk areas for contracting Lyme disease (borreliosis)
Molecular identification of Borrelia spirochetes in questing Ixodes ricinus from northwestern Spain Published online December 20th, 2107 Pablo Diaz et al ABSTRACT Background…
Reindeer pet hit with tick borne babesiosis just south of Canadian border – survives
December 22nd, 2017 “Santa needs good reindeer.” That was what Red Jacket High School principal Mark Bracy told Mike Schaertl in early…
Lyme disease in Alberta article takes number three spot in top ten stories for 2017
See top ten list Lyme-disease carrying ticks on the rise in Alberta Edmonton a possible hotspot; 6 things…
Nearly 50% of ticks test positive for Lyme bacteria in Onondaga County
[CanLyme Note: This area is only a short flight to Ontario and Quebec for the migratory birds such as…
Late Disseminated Lyme Disease: Associated Pathology and Spirochete Persistence Post-Treatment in Rhesus Macaques
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.11.005 Nicholas A. Crossland, Xavier Alvarez, Monica E. Embers Abstract Non-human primates currently serve as the best experimental model for…
Lyme disease in North America for 20,000 years
Lyme bacteria settled in North America far earlier than we thought While the Lyme disease outbreak in people dates…