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.
Persister Formation in Borrelia burgdorferi
B. Sharma, A. Brown, K. Lewis; Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA…
Endemicity of Anaplasma phagocytophilum (previously Ehrlichia spp.) and Babesia microti in Wisconsin, USA: benchmark results following introduction of molecular diagnostic methods for routine patient management (2012-2013)
ECCMID Spain, May 10-13th, 2014 Fritsche T.R.; Marti T.N.; Schotthoefer A.M.;…
Chronic disease expert at pioneer B.C. Women’s clinic leaves abruptly
[CanLyme note: From freedom of information documents it is clear…
Filarial Nematode Infection in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected from Southern Connecticut
Pabbati Namrata, Jamie M. Miller, Madari Shilpa, Patlolla Raghavender Reddy,…
UNF Professor Discovers Two Lyme Disease Bacteria Previously Unknown to Infect Human Patients
Dr. Kerry Clark, associate professor of public health at the…
Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato seroreactivity and seroprevalence in the northeastern United States.
[CanLyme note: More evidence that the current two tier testing…
Road to recovery long, painful for Lyme victims
May 9th, 2014 by Amy Smart, Times Colonist, Victoria, BC…
Lyme disease risk not amplified in a species-poor vertebrate community: Similar Borrelia burgdorferi tick infection prevalence and OspC genotype frequencies
Abstract The effect of biodiversity declines on human health…
Vermont passes bill into law that protects doctors who treat Lyme Disease appropriately without fear of persecution from their own licensing boards
[CanLyme note: Medical boards are very good at skirting these…
Lyme Neuroborreliosis and Dementia
Abstract Introduction: Descriptions of Lyme disease and dementia are…
The Purple Paper – a publication of the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, Canada.
[CanLyme note: The comments below are a review by our…
Blacklegged Tick Population by Migratory Birds in Ontario, Canada
Researchers have discovered a new Lyme disease endemic area in…