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 endeavour.
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.
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Risk of post-treatment Lyme disease in patients with ideally-treated early Lyme disease: A prospective cohort study.
Abstract Purpose Post-treatment Lyme disease (PTLD) is characterized by patient-reported…
Estimating the Frequency of Lyme Disease Diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018
Abstract By using commercial insurance claims data, we estimated that…
Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in Atlantic Canadian wildlife
Abstract Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi are tick-vectored zoonotic pathogens maintained in wildlife…