Research
CanLyme is dedicated to promoting advancements in Lyme disease research. More research is needed to accurately diagnose and treat Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, and CanLyme supports this. CanLyme’s Venture Grants policy for academic researchers can be found here.
Detecting the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi, in Ticks Using Nested PCR
Melanie K. B. Wills, Andrea M. Kirby, Vett K. Lloyd…
Combining public participatory surveillance and occupancy modelling to predict the distributional response of Ixodes scapularis to climate change
Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2018, Pages 695-706 David J Lieske,…
Citizen Science and Community Engagement in Tick Surveillance-A Canadian Case Study.
Healthcare 2018, 6(1), 22; doi:10.3390/healthcare6010022 Julie Lewis, Corinne R. Boudreau, James W.…
Research tidbit: Lyme disease may directly affect the vagus nerve or the brainstem
World Journal of Cardiology ABSTRACT: AIM: To conduct the first…
The Financial Implications of a Well-Hidden and Ignored Chronic Lyme Disease Pandemic
Healthcare 2018, 6(1), 16; doi:10.3390/healthcare6010016 Marcus Davidsson Abstract: 1 million people are…
Neuroscience: how do contrarians think?
February 25, 2018 (translated from French)… What happens in the…
HAIR LOSS IN LYME DISEASE – THE LAST STRAW?
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD MPH In a recent issue…
Quebec wildlife agents want Lyme disease recognized as occupational hazard
CBC News February 14th, 2018 With Lyme disease diagnoses on…
Canadian Lyme Consortium makes announcement to Lyme community
February 6th, 2018 On behalf of a growing team of…
Cranial neuropathy and severe pain due to early disseminated Borrelia burgdorferi infection
Published January 23rd, 2018 doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223307 [CanLyme Note: What is sick about this…
An Unusual Cluster of Neuroinvasive Lyme Disease Cases Presenting With Bannwarth Syndrome in the Midwest United States
[CanLyme note: This statement, “Garin-Bujadoux-Bannwarth syndrome (Bannwarth syndrome [BWS]) is an…
Human seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Manitoba, Canada, in 2011-2014: a cross-sectional study.
CMAJ Open. 2017 Sep 6;5(3):E690-E693. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170070. Kadkhoda K, et al…