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OPINION: We need to do more in Nova Scotia regarding Lyme and tick-borne diseases

ByCanLyme Team

By Donna Lugar in the Chronicle Herald, Sept. 11, 2018 … It is unfortunate that Nova Scotia’s top doctor feels that what is being done is enough. Yet there are still doctors in this province who don’t think Lyme is anything to worry about, are not aware of the large variety of potential co-infections, are…

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Persistent Borrelia Infection in Patients with Ongoing Symptoms of Lyme Disease

ByCanLyme Team

M. Middelveen, et al. PREPRINT Abstract Introduction: Lyme disease is a tickborne illness that generates controversy among medical providers and researchers. One of the key topics of debate is the existence of persistent infection with the Lyme spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in patients who have been treated with recommended doses of antibiotics yet remain symptomatic. Persistent spirochetal infection…

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Canadian Lyme Consortium makes announcement to Lyme community

ByCanLyme Team

February 6th, 2018 On behalf of a growing team of scientists, advocates, and clinicians, we wanted to let you know about a national research network that is taking shape to confront the escalating Lyme disease crisis. The Canadian Lyme Consortium has evolved from the urgent need to accelerate progress in the understanding, detection, and treatment…

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Legislative Package To Fight Lyme Disease Introduced In NY

ByCanLyme Team

December 29th, A package of state legislation aimed at fighting Lyme and tick-borne diseases is being introduced ahead of the 2018 session by Senator Susan Serino (R, Hyde Park), chairwoman of the Senate’s Lyme Task Force. She teamed up with Senator Kemp Hannon (R, Garden City), chairman of the Senate’s Health Committee, to introduce four…

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Tick-borne anaplasmosis surging in Maine – and it’s worse than Lyme

ByCanLyme Team

[CanLyme note: Canada is only a few hour flight for our many migratory birds who come from Maine (and all of USA) to Canada carrying these infected ticks to our parks, school yards and our back yards.] November 13th, 2017 The illness produces more severe symptoms than Lyme disease and is more difficult to detect; reported…

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Australia: A Senate inquiry has recommended urgent government funding for research into tick-borne disease in Australia.

ByTeam

Nov. 30th, 2016 Inquiry calls for Lyme funding, research   A Senate committee has recommended the federal government urgently increase funding for research into tick-borne disease in Australia and get to work on finding a treatment. Thousands of Australians claim to be suffering from tick-borne Lyme disease, but medical authorities insist it’s not possible to…

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Dr. Nevena Zubcevik of the Harvard Medical School dispels some long held, over published myths about Lyme disease

ByTeam

Dispelling myths … “Dr. Nevena Zubcevik of the Harvard Medical School, and co-director of the Dean Center for Tick-Borne Illnesses, warned that the medical community is not keeping up with current findings. For example, “The conception that the tick has to be attached for 48 hours is completely outdated,” she said, citing studies that show…

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Entomological Society of America Issues Statement on Tick-borne Diseases

ByTeam

[CanLyme note: CanLyme has no evidence to support the insinuation of the Entomological Society of America in the last sentence of their statement that there may have been “intentional” introduction of tick-borne diseases.] July 29th, 2015 The Entomological Society of America (ESA) strongly supports building a national strategy using Integrated Tick Management (ITM) to better control…

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Boston: Lyme Disease at Epidemic Levels, Say Health Officials

ByTeam

No state budget to control ticks Lyme and anaplasmosis and other tick borne diseases. Ten million spent on West Nile and nothing on Lyme disease. Proportionately, Lyme is far more severe and serious to the population. Listen Here

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CanLyme makes ‘Dear Abby’ newspaper column… thank you Lyn D.

ByTeam

Dear Abby: Speedy diagnosis essential for treatment of Lyme disease To be published in newspapers May 1st in Canada Dear Abby: May is Lyme disease awareness month. I’m a longtime Canadian reader who has suffered from it for many years. More than 300,000 people are infected by this tick-borne illness every year, yet people know…

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Avril Lavigne announces she has been diagnosed with Lyme Disease

ByTeam

TORONTO — Avril Lavigne has revealed she was bedridden for five months suffering from Lyme disease. “I felt like I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t talk and I couldn’t move,” the Canadian singer told People. “I thought I was dying.” Lavigne said she felt lethargic and lightheaded for months but didn’t know why. She finally got…

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A Rare Case of ARDS From Human Anaplasmosis

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Kaphle U, Kheir F, Thammasitboon S. Respiratory Care, online before print, 2015 Feb 10. Abstract   Human granulocytic anaplasmosis is a tick-borne bacterial  disease caused by /Anaplasma phagocytophilum/. ARDS [Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome] is a  very rare presentation of human anaplasmosis. Early  suspicion and empiric antibiotics usually prevent rapid  progression of the disease. In our…

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Lyme and associated tick-borne diseases: global challenges in the context of a public health threat

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Christian Perronne  c.perronne@rpc.aphp.fr Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by ticks, was initially considered a recent, rare and regional occurrence. We now have evidence that very similar bacteria infected humans in Europe during the ice age (Keller et al.,2012). Evidence-based data are scarce therefore many aspects of the disease remain controversial (Auwaerter et al.,2011; Lee and Vielmeyer, 2011; Perronne,2012),…

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Tick-borne pathogens and the vector potential of ticks in China

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*Corresponding author: Jingze Liu jzliu21@heinfo.net Parasites & Vectors 2015, 8:24  doi:10.1186/s13071-014-0628-x Published: 14 January 2015 Ticks, as obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites, attack a broad range of vertebrates and transmit a great diversity of pathogenic microorganisms. They are considered second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human disease, and the most important vector of pathogens of domestic and…

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KSHB TV Kansas: New tick-borne virus discovered after the death of Kansas man

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December 17th, 2014 KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A new, never before seen virus has been discovered in Kansas. The CDC is now investigating after the tick-borne illness, dubbed “Bourbon Virus,” was linked to the death of a Kansas man. Up until recently, the man’s death remained a mystery. Now, doctors at the University of Kansas…