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.
Research explores the clinical presentations of Lyme neuroborreliosis
Keeping neurological symptoms and Lyme rashes on the radar.
Profiling disease burden and Borrelia seroprevalence in Canadians with complex and chronic illness
Examining serology and the health burden of Lyme disease and…
Whole genome sequencing of human Borrelia burgdorferi isolates reveals linked blocks of accessory genome elements located on plasmids and associated with human dissemination
Using genetic association study methods, we identify an accessory genome…
Case study demonstrates need for increased Lyme literacy among health practitioners
Canadian family shares the obstacles faced by their adolescent son.
Alternative Lyme disease treatments
The role of natural antimicrobials for treating tick-borne illnesses.
Children are more than twice as likely to lose their detectable antibodies to Lyme disease bacteria
Background Lyme borreliosis (LB), caused by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), is the most…
Toward a common research agenda in infection
Associated chronic illnesses: a workshop to examine common, overlapping clinical…
Call for better combination treatments and diagnostics for Lyme
Recent calls to action by Dr. Monica Embers and Dr.…
Female ticks (Ixodes scapularis) infected with Borrelia burgdorferi have increased overwintering survival, with implications for tick population growth
Abstract The tick, Ixodes scapularis, vectors pathogens such as Borrelia burgdorferi, the…
Complete Remission in Paralytic Late Tick-Borne Neurological Disease Comprising Mixed Involvement of Borrelia, Babesia, Anaplasma, and Bartonella: Use of Long-Term Treatments with Antibiotics and Antiparasitics in a Series of 10 Cases
Abstract This study aimed to demonstrate that severe neurological motor…
Primary Detection of the Establishment of Blacklegged Ticks, Ixodes scapularis, in British Columbia, Canada
Abstract Ticks transport and transmit microbial pathogens that inflict malevolent…
Complete Remission in Paralytic Late Tick-Borne Neurological Disease Comprising Mixed Involvement of Borrelia, Babesia, Anaplasma, and Bartonella: Use of Long-Term Treatments with Antibiotics and Antiparasitics in a Series of 10 Cases
Abstract This study aimed to demonstrate that severe neurological motor…