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.
Another tick borne disease to guard against. [already in Canada]
Despite its many delights, summer also brings its fair share…
Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Rhesus Macaques following Antibiotic Treatment of Disseminated Infection.
“Our studies do however offer proof of the principle that…
Vector competence of the tick Ixodes ricinus for transmission of Bartonella birtlesii
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(5):e1186. Epub 2011 May 31. Reis…
Borrelia Burgdorferi Evades the Effects of Ceftriaxone Treatment in a Mouse Model of Lyme Borreliosis
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is a tick-borne infectious disease with variable…
Lyme borreliosis in Canada: biological diversity and diagnostic complexity from an entomological perspective
Lyme borreliosis (LB), also known as Lyme disease, is emerging…
Real-Time High Resolution 3D Imaging of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Adhering to and Escaping from the Vasculature of a Living Host
Pathogenic spirochetes are bacteria that cause a number of emerging…
HrpA, a DEAH-Box RNA Helicase, Is Involved in Global Gene Regulation in the Lyme Disease Spirochete
Spirochetes causing Lyme borreliosis are obligate parasites that can only…
Investigation of the genes involved in antigenic switching at the vlsE locus in Borrelia burgdorferi: an essential role for the RuvAB branch migrase.
Persistent infection by pathogenic organisms requires effective strategies for the…
An intravascular immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi involves Kupffer cells and iNKT cells
Here we investigate the dynamics of the hepatic intravascular immune…
Detection of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, including three novel genotypes in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from songbirds (Passeriformes) across Canada
The source of sporadic Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) across Canada…
Widespread dispersal of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks collected from songbirds across Canada.
Scott JD, Anderson JF, Durden LA J Parasitol 2011 08…
Genetic blueprint of bacteria causing Lyme disease unraveled
Benjamin Luft, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical…