Vett Lloyd, PhD

Sackville, New Brunswick 

Dr. Vett Lloyd is a professor of Biology at Mount Allison University working on ticks and the pathogens they transmit.

Dr. Lloyd is the co-founder of the Canadian Lyme Science Alliance, an organization that aims to unite scientists, clinicians, and patients in the quest for a more comprehensive understanding of Lyme disease.

She is also the founding member of the Canadian Lyme Consortium and the Mount Allison Lyme Disease Network, interdisciplinary networks of researchers tackling the biological, social and human dimensions of Lyme disease and incorporating the Lyme patient community as full partners in this endeavor.

She has a special interest in encouraging community and citizen science in tick surveillance activities as a way to help “tick proof” communities.

More about Dr. Lloyd’s publications.

Vett Lloyd, PhD, at Mount Allison University in her lab.

CanLyme news

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Development of droplet digital PCR for the detection of Babesia microti and Babesia duncani

Feb 24, 20152 min read

doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2014.12.003 Abstract Babesia spp. are obligate protozoan parasites of red…

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CDC Warns of New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found in Kansas

Feb 23, 20151 min read

February 21st, 2015 New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found…

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New York: Senator Sue Serino named as chair of Tick-Borne Disease task force

Feb 22, 20151 min read

Feb 20th, 2015 Alan Fanitzi,  Poughkeepsie Journal New York State…