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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
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…
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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Amblyomma dissimile Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizes bird captured in Canada
Systematic & Applied Acarology 20(8): 854–860 (2015) John D. Scott, Lance A. Durden Abstract We document Amblyomma dissimile Koch…
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-infected Ixodes ricinus collected from vegetation near the Arctic Circle
Volume 6, Issue 6, September 2015, Pages 768–773 Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases Abstract This is the first study…
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Nova Scotia: Shelburne-area family recounts struggle with Lyme disease
SHELBURNE – People hear about Lyme disease protection every year, about how to avoid a tick bite and the…
CanLyme director responds to Canadian Medical Association Journal commentary.
Counter Points — Robert G. Murray, Director, CanLyme.com The commentary from Dr. Dan Gregson et al. signals that there…
SPECT brain imaging in chronic Lyme disease.
Donta ST1, Noto RB, Vento JA. Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Sep;37(9):e219-22. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318262ad9b Abstract OBJECTIVES: Lyme disease is an…
Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Ixodes scapularis from a Newly Established Lyme Disease Endemic Area, the Thousand Islands Region of Ontario, Canada.
ProHealth – Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. (2015 Sep 22). [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are…
A case of severe babesiosis treated successfully with exchange transfusion
Summary Babesiosis is a zoonotic disease that may be asymptomatic or result in severe clinical conditions, with severe hemolysis,…
London, England: Health warning after ‘Lyme disease ticks’ are found in Richmond Park
Thursday, September 24th, 2015 Ticks carrying the debilitating Lyme disease have been found in London’s Richmond Park, according to…