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Entomological Society of America Issues Statement on Tick-borne Diseases
[CanLyme note: CanLyme has no evidence to support the insinuation of the Entomological Society of America in the last sentence of... View Article
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Globe and Mail: How ticks became a major public health issue
[CanLyme Note: The tell-tale “bull’s eye” rash seldom occurs. Of those 17 children in Nova Scotia with confirmed Lyme Disease, only... View Article
B.C. patient questions accuracy of Lyme disease test used by province
Mark Hume VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail – Published Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2015 Internal government documents show blood tests used to... View Article
Mexico: Tick-borne illness spreads to Tijuana
By Bob McPhail July 17, 2015 A second case of rickettsiosis, a potentially fatal tick-borne bacterial illness, has been reported... View Article
Boston: Lyme Disease at Epidemic Levels, Say Health Officials
No state budget to control ticks Lyme and anaplasmosis and other tick borne diseases. Ten million spent on West Nile... View Article
Springhill, NS: Ticks become talk at Springhill search and rescue hall
June 22nd, 2015 by Christopher Gooding SPRINGHILL – It’s enough to make anyone want to stay out of the woods.... View Article
Read all Lyme disease presentations to the Ontario legislative committee on Bill 27 – June 1st, 2015
Committee Transcripts: Standing Committee on Social Policy – 2015-Jun-01 – Bill 27, Provincial Framework and Action Plan concerning Emerging Vector-Borne... View Article
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By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay “Dr. Neil Spector, a 58-year-old associate professor of medicine at Duke University, spoke with Science of Us... View Article
Bartonella clarridgeiae bacteremia detected in an asymptomatic blood donor.
[CanLyme Note: Bartonella infection (bartonelliosis) in humans is an emerging and rapidly expanding field of medical science as a flea and... View Article
Borrelia miyamotoi Disease in the Northeastern United States: A Case Series
Background: The first recognized cases of Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD) in North America were reported in the northeastern United States... View Article
Widespread Borrelia miyamotoi Tick-borne Fever Found in US
Medscape: written by Janis C. Kelly June 12, 2015 Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD), a tick-borne infection that can cause more severe symptoms than... View Article
THE NEW HYPOTHESIS, A CONNECTION WITH CHRONIC LYME DISEASE
[CanLyme note: The United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) should never be left as the ‘final word’ on anything... View Article
Canada take notice: Antibiotics should be considered early for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) in endemic areas even if classic findings are absent
Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 1;60(11):1659-66. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ116. Epub 2015 Feb 19. Risk factors for fatal outcome from rocky mountain... View Article
Case report: Co-infection of Rickettsia rickettsii and Streptococcus pyogenes: is fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever underdiagnosed?
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Dec;91(6):1154-5. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0437. Epub 2014 Oct 20. Raczniak GA1, Kato C2, Chung IH2, Austin... View Article
Future looks brighter for Lyme disease care
May 3rd, 2015 Poughkeepsie Journal The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised their estimates for the number of Lyme... View Article
Pamela Weintraub answers: Why do doctors keep fighting about Lyme Disease?
Because the patients are contested “They immediately may send the patient to test for all manner of serious immune... View Article