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Lyme disease on the increase in Ontario, Canada
August 10, 2012 3:23 pm 7 CommentsCBC TV Ottawa … Lyme disease ticks likely breeding in Ottawa Ticks carrying Lyme disease are likely breeding in Ottawa,... View Article
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Lyme on the rise … Northumberland, Ontario
August 10, 2012 2:59 pm 1 CommentNORTHUMBERLAND — A rise in Lyme disease cases in Ontario has the local health unit urging people to be cautious.... View Article
Recrudescence des cas de la maladie de lyme dans la région d’Ottawa-Gatineau
August 10, 2012 12:49 am 1 CommentMise en garde contre la maladie de Lyme à Ottawa Le bureau de Santé publique d’Ottawa a lancé une campagne... View Article
Another tick borne disease to guard against. [already in Canada]
August 1, 2012 1:50 am Comments Off on Another tick borne disease to guard against. [already in Canada]Despite its many delights, summer also brings its fair share of pestilence. One, called babesiosis, has only recently been widely... View Article
Lyme disease becoming more prevalent in Alberta
July 31, 2012 7:10 pm Comments Off on Lyme disease becoming more prevalent in AlbertaExperts say it’s because of increased precipitation during summer Albertans normally don’t have to worry about ticks that carry Lyme... View Article
Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Rhesus Macaques following Antibiotic Treatment of Disseminated Infection.
July 26, 2012 1:29 pm Comments Off on Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Rhesus Macaques following Antibiotic Treatment of Disseminated Infection.“Our studies do however offer proof of the principle that intact spirochetes can persist in an incidental host comparable to... View Article
Vector competence of the tick Ixodes ricinus for transmission of Bartonella birtlesii
July 26, 2012 1:07 pm 1 CommentPLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(5):e1186. Epub 2011 May 31. Reis C, Cote M, Le Rhun D, Lecuelle B, Levin ML,... View Article
Borrelia Burgdorferi Evades the Effects of Ceftriaxone Treatment in a Mouse Model of Lyme Borreliosis
July 21, 2012 2:01 pm Comments Off on Borrelia Burgdorferi Evades the Effects of Ceftriaxone Treatment in a Mouse Model of Lyme BorreliosisLyme borreliosis (LB) is a tick-borne infectious disease with variable symptoms. The most common manifestation of LB is an expanding rash on the skin but frequently arthritic or neurological and occasionally cardiac or ocular symptoms are seen.
Lyme borreliosis in Canada: biological diversity and diagnostic complexity from an entomological perspective
July 21, 2012 1:58 pm Comments Off on Lyme borreliosis in Canada: biological diversity and diagnostic complexity from an entomological perspectiveLyme borreliosis (LB), also known as Lyme disease, is emerging as a serious tick- borne illness across Canada. More than three decades of research on LB in North America and Europe have provided a large, complex body of research involving well-documented difficulties at several levels.
Real-Time High Resolution 3D Imaging of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Adhering to and Escaping from the Vasculature of a Living Host
July 21, 2012 1:54 pm Comments Off on Real-Time High Resolution 3D Imaging of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Adhering to and Escaping from the Vasculature of a Living HostPathogenic spirochetes are bacteria that cause a number of emerging and re-emerging diseases worldwide, including syphilis, leptospirosis, relapsing fever, and Lyme borreliosis
HrpA, a DEAH-Box RNA Helicase, Is Involved in Global Gene Regulation in the Lyme Disease Spirochete
July 21, 2012 1:52 pm Comments Off on HrpA, a DEAH-Box RNA Helicase, Is Involved in Global Gene Regulation in the Lyme Disease SpirocheteSpirochetes causing Lyme borreliosis are obligate parasites that can only be found in a tick vector or a vertebrate host. The ability to survive in these two disparate environments requires up and downregulation of specific genes by regulatory circuits that remain largely obscure.
Investigation of the genes involved in antigenic switching at the vlsE locus in Borrelia burgdorferi: an essential role for the RuvAB branch migrase.
July 21, 2012 1:47 pm Comments Off on Investigation of the genes involved in antigenic switching at the vlsE locus in Borrelia burgdorferi: an essential role for the RuvAB branch migrase.Persistent infection by pathogenic organisms requires effective strategies for the defense of these organisms against the host immune response.
An intravascular immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi involves Kupffer cells and iNKT cells
July 21, 2012 1:45 pm Comments Off on An intravascular immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi involves Kupffer cells and iNKT cellsHere we investigate the dynamics of the hepatic intravascular immune response to a pathogen relevant to invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells).
Detection of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, including three novel genotypes in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from songbirds (Passeriformes) across Canada
July 21, 2012 1:43 pm Comments Off on Detection of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, including three novel genotypes in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from songbirds (Passeriformes) across CanadaThe source of sporadic Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) across Canada has been a mystery. Several tenets abound about the origin of this bacterial illness, but science is often lacking.
Widespread dispersal of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks collected from songbirds across Canada.
July 21, 2012 1:39 pm Comments Off on Widespread dispersal of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks collected from songbirds across Canada.Scott JD, Anderson JF, Durden LA J Parasitol 2011 08 24 Abstract Millions of Lyme disease vector ticks are dispersed... View Article
Genetic blueprint of bacteria causing Lyme disease unraveled
July 21, 2012 1:38 pm Comments Off on Genetic blueprint of bacteria causing Lyme disease unraveledBenjamin Luft, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, and a team of medical researchers have determined the genetic blueprint of 13 strains of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The finding is crucial to advancing research on Lyme disease, the most frequent tick-borne infection in North America and Europe, and may lead to better diagnostics and a vaccine