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Primary Detection of the Establishment of Blacklegged Ticks, Ixodes scapularis, in British Columbia, Canada

ByCanLyme Team

Abstract Ticks transport and transmit microbial pathogens that inflict malevolent diseases on domestic and wildlife animals, and humans. We reveal the first-time record of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in British Columbia (BC) and, concurrently, far western North America. We unveil the primary tick-host record of I. scapularis parasitizing a Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos. In…

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BCCDC releases map of risk areas where people could contract Lyme disease

ByCanLyme Team

The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control has updated its information on Lyme disease in the province. A Facebook post shows a map of the province and includes the areas the BCCDC considers ‘high-risk’ Lyme disease zones. “It’s certainly an update, and contradicts much of what doctors have been telling patients throughout the province for…

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Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada: Ticks in area woods already – near Kelowna

ByTeam

[Canlyme Note: Where there is one tick that you see, there may be more that you miss. Be aggressive in searching.] February 29th, 2016 Castanet.net Randi Berklande picked up an unwanted guest while going for a hike over the weekend. Berklande posted a picture of a wood tick she found after hiking on Carrot Mountain near…

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Lyme Disease more prevalent than BC Govt is letting on

ByTeam

 A Kamloops couple whose daughters contracted Lyme disease says the BC Government and the medical community continue to downplay the relevance of the disease in the province. Niki and John Bone say they are shocked to learn other families struggle with finding the proper diagnosis.We recently featured the Hrychiw family whose two boys were forced…

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Lyme disease controversies over diagnosis, treatment at Canada’s first complex, chronic disease program clinic

ByTeam

By Pamela Fayerman Dr. Lucy Kinninmonth has been to about 20 different medical specialists in the past year, all of whom doubt she’s got chronic Lyme disease even though her symptoms, along with a blood test she had in the U.S., confirmed it, as far as she’s concerned. The Port Coquitlam veterinarian is now one of 650…

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Woman is finally able to put name to debilitating disease

ByTeam

Tsawwassen resident Karen Marchand says she used to pride herself on being a  healthy person, but all that changed a few years ago. In late 2008, she began suffering from a range of symptoms – back pain as  well as ear and throat infections. “Just all these things started happening,” she says. Then, in January…