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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Diversity of piroplasms detected in blood-fed and questing ticks from several states in the United States.

Apr 10, 20142 min read

Shock BC, Moncayo A, Cohen S, Mitchell EA, Williamson PC,…

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Scientists discover unnamed disease carried by deer ticks

Apr 6, 20142 min read

[Canlyme note : The notion or suggestion that Borrelia miyamotoi is…

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National Post : Child arthritis cases spike as Lyme disease pushes further into Canada

Apr 4, 20142 min read

[CanLyme note: A comment that was in the print version of…