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.
Transovarial transmission of Borrelia spirochetes by Ixodes scapularis: A summary of the literature and recent observations.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2012 Dec 10. pii: S1877-959X(12)00067-2. doi:…
Complement regulator-acquiring surface proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi: Structure, function and regulation of gene expression.
Kraiczy P, Stevenson B. Source Institute of Medical Microbiology and…
High-Throughput Screening Identifies Three Inhibitor Classes of the Telomere Resolvase from the Lyme Disease Spirochete
Abstract Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne zoonosis in North…
Vascular binding of a pathogen under shear force through mechanistically distinct sequential interactions with host macromolecules.
Mol Microbiol. 2012 Dec;86(5):1116-31. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12045. Epub 2012 Oct 24.…
Analysis of an Ordered, Comprehensive STM Mutant Library in Infectious Borrelia burgdorferi: Insights into the Genes Required for Mouse Infectivity.
PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e47532. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047532. Epub 2012 Oct 25. Lin…
CSM murray award lecture – functional studies of the Lyme disease spirochete – from molecules to mice.
Abstract Lyme borreliosis, also known as Lyme disease, is now…
Acute polyradiculoneuritis syndrome: clinical observations and differential diagnosis [important to rule out Lyme disease].
Authors: Supanc V, Stojić I, Vargek-Solter V, Breitenfeld T, Roje-Bedeković…
First isolation of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, removed from a bird in nova Scotia, Canada.
The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, has been isolated from…
Birds disperse ixodid (Acari: Ixodidae) and Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks in Canada
Scott JD, Fernando K, Banerjee SN, Durden LA, Byrne SK,…
Misinformation sent to all Nova Scotia MLA’s and MP’s by Chief Medical Officer of Nova Scotia, Robert Strang.
Here you can read the letter from Dr. Strang at,…
Evolving Perspectives on Lyme Borreliosis in Canada
Abstract: With cases now documented in every province, Lyme borreliosis…
Plaques of Alzheimer’s disease originate from cysts of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete
Summary Here is hypothesized a truly revolutionary notion that rounded…