How to Remove a Tick
If a tick is removed within 24 hours, the chances of it transmitting Lyme disease or other infections are less.
Not all tick removal methods are safe. Certain removal methods may increase your chances of contracting Lyme disease.
Safe Tick RemovalMolecular identification of Borrelia spirochetes in questing Ixodes ricinus from northwestern Spain Published online December 20th, 2107 Pablo Diaz et al ABSTRACT Background Ixodes... View Article
December 22nd, 2017 “Santa needs good reindeer.” That was what Red Jacket High School principal Mark Bracy told Mike Schaertl in early November.... View Article
See top ten list Lyme-disease carrying ticks on the rise in Alberta Edmonton a possible hotspot; 6 things to... View Article
[CanLyme Note: This area is only a short flight to Ontario and Quebec for the migratory birds such as robins,... View Article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.11.005 Nicholas A. Crossland, Xavier Alvarez, Monica E. Embers Abstract Non-human primates currently serve as the best experimental model for Lyme... View Article
Lyme bacteria settled in North America far earlier than we thought While the Lyme disease outbreak in people dates back... View Article
Posted on on-lyme.org Dec 2nd, 2017 Written by Huib Holly Ahern is a professor of microbiology as well as the mother... View Article
[CanLyme Note: Ticks are active in temperatures of minus 4 degrees Celsius and above] November 22, 2017 by Marina von Stackelberg... View Article
“It is all in your head”. An assessment that is all too familiar to many patients with little understood emergent... View Article
[CanLyme note: This should be done in Canadian cities] Published Nov. 21, 2017 Parasites and Vectors Ticks and the city –... View Article
November 19th, 2017 Lynne LaRowe Texackana Gazette Major health insurance companies are accused of putting profits over patients suffering from... View Article
[CanLyme note: The ‘tick key’ mentioned in the article is not a recommended tool as it is too bulky and wide... View Article
Nov 15th, Last Friday, 28 patients filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the Infectious Diseases Society of America, eight health insurance companies,... View Article
Nov 15th, 2017 SACKVILLE, NB — Mount Allison University’s Lyme Research Network (LYRN) has released a new resource to help New Brunswickers... View Article
[CanLyme note: Canada is only a few hour flight for our many migratory birds who come from Maine (and all of... View Article
University of New Brunswick forestry students ask hunters to collect bird hearts for disease study Shane Fowler, CBC News November... View Article
