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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
Bartonella henselae Bloodstream Infection in a Boy With Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
[CanLyme Note: Bartonella bacteria can be transmitted by ticks, cat scratches, dog saliva, etc.] Published in the Jounral of Central…
ON Health Minister to Meet Lyme Mom & her Experts!
[CanLyme Note: This abuse of parents, typically by medical ‘specialists’ in our children’s hospitals across Canada, has been occurring for…
Lyme disease treatment needs better approach, Conservatives say
Tim Houston and the Progressive Conservatives are urging the province to take a new approach to combating the growing…
Please join us… Buffalo Point, Manitoba proactive in Lyme awareness and fundraising.
The vibrant and scenic community of Buffalo Point, Manitoba, situated on the three borders of Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota…
Tick Talk – theORCA.ca “At the risk of making you feel itchy, a must-know for B.C. hikers”
April 4, 2019 No matter where you are in British Columbia, our province is blessed with some of the…
First European Crypto-Infections Conference
Europe hosts their first Crypto-Infections Conference as an important first step in bringing attention to these infections that are…
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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MicroRNA and mRNA Transcriptome Profiling in Primary Human Astrocytes Infected with Borrelia burgdorferi.
Abstract Lyme disease is caused by infection with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), which is transmitted to humans…
First report of a blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae), parasitizing a raptor in Canada
Systematic & Applied Acarology 22(2): 208–216 (2017) https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.2.5 Abstract We document the first report of a blacklegged tick, Ixodes…
Antibiotic gel shows promise in preventing onset of Lyme borreliosis following tick bite
December 2016 Topical azithromycin for the prevention of Lyme borreliosis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 efficacy trial An…
The Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi infects murine bone and induces trabecular bone loss
Tian Tian Tang, Lucia Zhang, Anil Bansal, Marc Grynpas, and Tara J. Moriarty Accepted Manuscript Posted Online 12 December…
Woman’s Mystery Illness Turns Out to Be Tick-Borne Disease
By Gillian Mohney and Dr. Sabrina Anna Rebis A 66-year-old woman’s mysterious illness that left her feverish and with slurred…
Portland, Maine: Despite drought, Lyme disease cases came roaring back this fall
[CanLyme Note: Due to the proximity to the Canadian border and the role of our friendly migratory birds in…
Commercial test kits for detection of Lyme borreliosis: a meta-analysis of test accuracy
November 2016 Abstract: The clinical diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis can be supported by various test methodologies; test kits are…
Bill to combat Lyme disease heads to Pres. Obama for signature
December 7th, 2016 WASHINGTON (NEWS10) – The U.S. Senate passed legislation to combat Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. The…
Ceftriaxone Pulse Dosing Fails to Eradicate Biofilm-Like Microcolony B. burgdorferi Persisters Which Are Sterilized by Daptomycin/ Doxycycline/Cefuroxime without Pulse Dosing
Published Nov 2016 Abstract Although the majority of Lyme disease patients can be cured, at least 10–20% of…