CanLyme board member gives informative interview on radio

CanLyme board member Shelley Ball is interviewed on radio in Ontario. Discusses a broad range of topics including addressing the... View Article

Public Health Agency of Canada receives critical review of revisions to Lyme information on their publicly funded website.

September 4, 2020 This critique is a collaborative effort of several groups/organizations that represent Canadians living Lyme disease in response... View Article

Active surveillance of pathogens from ticks collected in New York State suburban parks and schoolyards

First published: 22 July 2020 Abstract Schoolyards and suburban parks are two environments where active tick surveillance may inform... View Article

Unravelling the mystery of Lyme disease: Why Canada needs to do more

Rian Michelsen is a rising star. Fifteen years ago, he was the toddler who burst out from behind the curtains... View Article

WSU researchers crack the Lyme disease code

The next time a tick feeds on you, Washington State University researchers hope to make sure persistent arthritis caused by... View Article

Canadian MP Len Webber addresses Minister of Health on Lyme disease

Minister of Health Patty Hajdu readily admits there is “still lots to learn” about treatment of Lyme disease but as... View Article

Shania Twain: I’m never going to have my old voice again

March 8, 2020 “She got the tick-borne illness in 2003, and had to undergo open-throat surgery after her voice was... View Article

Canadian has brain of 70-year-old after ‘flawed’ test let disease go undiagnosed for years

March 11th, 2018 TORONTO — A young Canadian woman has been left with the brain of a 70-year-old after suffering... View Article

Post-treatment Lyme Disease as a Model for Persistent Symptoms in Lyme Disease

[CanLyme Note: The term post treatment Lyme disease syndrome is controversial and excludes those not effectively treated following the current... View Article

The General Symptom Questionnaire-30 (GSQ-30): A Brief Measure of Multi-System Symptom Burden in Lyme Disease

[CanLyme Note: The term post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) referenced in this article is contentious as it implies treatment has... View Article

Genetic Manipulation of Borrelia Spp

Abstract The spirochetes Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii, the etiologic agents of Lyme disease and relapsing fever, respectively, cycle in nature between an arthropod... View Article

Time for Canada to follow U.S. recognition of mother-to-fetus Lyme disease transmission, says Mount Allison biologist

Andrew Rankin (arankin@herald.ca) February 11, 2020 SACKVILLE, N.B. — The federal U.S. public health agency has set an example for... View Article

Lyme Neuroborreliosis in a Patient with Breast Cancer: MRI and PET/CT Findings.

Abstract We present a case demonstrating the performance of different radiographical and nuclear medicine imaging modalities in the diagnostic work-up... View Article

Knowledge and Knowledge Needs about Lyme Disease among Occupational and Recreational Users of the Outdoors.

Abstract As the prevalence of Lyme disease increases across Canada, it is imperative that the educational needs of at-risk groups be identified.... View Article

Bieber’s Lyme disease shines light on issues surrounding complicated illness

Bieber’s Lyme shines light on complicated disease Justin Bieber’s recent Lyme disease diagnosis has put another big spotlight on an... View Article

Justin Bieber reveals he’s battling Lyme disease

(CNN)Justin Bieber has revealed he was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, an infection caused by bacteria commonly carried by ticks.Bieber, 25,... View Article

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