The Myth
Lyme disease testing has a ‘gold standard’ in Canada.

The Truth

There is no universally accepted test for Lyme disease. Every lab test has its advantages and disadvantages, but overall Lyme tests in Canada are largely flawed. Other labs recommended by CanLyme are all certified and accredited, run by PH.D’s who simply refuse to follow flawed testing protocol. Canada has no mechanism for better testing due to bureaucratic controls that are influenced by for-profit players, and not victims and their experts.

Lyme is known for antigenic shifting, so antibody testing isn’t always effective.
PCR tissue and fluids tests are available for various tissue. A positive PCR is highly accurate. A negative PCR only tells the scientist that they did not find evidence in that sample. Another sample from the same patient from a different location may be positive.

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Canadian tax payer funded Lyme research not good value for dollar

January 31, 2017 9:07 pm Published by Canlyme 1 Comment

In December of 2016 a Canadian article was published in PLOS ONE proporting itself as a good systematic review about Lyme... View Article

Flunk the Lyme test? Just wait and get sicker

January 31, 2017 7:05 pm Published by Canlyme Comments Off

January, 2017, Huffington Post Sin Lee, a pathologist and scientist, believes the deck is stacked in the quest to air... View Article

MicroRNA and mRNA Transcriptome Profiling in Primary Human Astrocytes Infected with Borrelia burgdorferi.

January 31, 2017 5:00 pm Published by Canlyme Comments Off

Abstract Lyme disease is caused by infection with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), which is transmitted to humans by... View Article

First report of a blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae), parasitizing a raptor in Canada

January 25, 2017 7:09 pm Published by Canlyme Comments Off

Systematic & Applied Acarology 22(2): 208–216 (2017) http://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.2.5 Abstract We document the first report of a blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis... View Article

Antibiotic gel shows promise in preventing onset of Lyme borreliosis following tick bite

December 29, 2016 11:43 am Published by Canlyme 1 Comment

December 2016 Topical azithromycin for the prevention of Lyme borreliosis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 efficacy trial An antibiotic... View Article

The Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi infects murine bone and induces trabecular bone loss

December 17, 2016 8:08 pm Published by Canlyme Comments Off

Tian Tian Tang, Lucia Zhang, Anil Bansal, Marc Grynpas, and Tara J. Moriarty Accepted Manuscript Posted Online 12 December 2016... View Article

Woman’s Mystery Illness Turns Out to Be Tick-Borne Disease

December 13, 2016 5:05 pm Published by Canlyme Comments Off

By Gillian Mohney and Dr. Sabrina Anna Rebis A 66-year-old woman’s mysterious illness that left her feverish and with slurred speech... View Article

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