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Nova Scotia woman behind ‘AtlanTick’ tick repellent shares her children’s struggle with Lyme disease

June 11, 2019 When it comes to her kids, Mahone Bay’s Lisa Ali-Learning isn’t taking any chances. So when her sons, Darian and Lucas, started to complain about joint pains two years ago, she immediately took them to get tested for Lyme disease. They tested negative. Months passed and with their health declining, the boys…

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Study of pediatric patients shows two-tier testing results cannot rule out Lyme borreliosis.

Two-Tier Lyme Disease Serology Test Results Can Vary According to the Specific First-Tier Test Used Published: February 22, 2019 Abstract Background Variability in 2-tier Lyme disease test results according to the specific first-tier enzyme immunoassay (EIA) in children has not been examined rigorously. In this study, we compared paired results of clinical 2-tier Lyme disease…

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Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato seroreactivity and seroprevalence in the northeastern United States.

[CanLyme note:  More evidence that the current two tier testing model imposed upon Canadians is incapable of detecting the genetic diversity of Borrelia we have, just as Health Canada published 1.5 years ago, yet Infectious Disease doctors, including paediatricians refuse to see anyone without a positive two tier test… stunningly unethical and ‘to hell with the patient,…