Survey of Ixodes pacificus Ticks in California Reveals a Diversity of Microorganisms and a Novel and Widespread Anaplasmataceae Species.

Sept. 16, 2015 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135828 Eshoo MW, Carolan HE, Massire C, Chou DM, Crowder CD, Rounds MA, et al. Abstract... View Article

Response to Canadian Medical Association Journal Lyme practice scenario

Re: Decisions; A 35-year-old man with a positive Lyme test result from a private laboratory Debra L. Fraleigh, Co-founder Ontario... View Article

Identification of Additional Anti-Persister Activity against Borrelia burgdorferi from an FDA Drug Library

Sept, 2015 Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA... View Article

United States : Lyme Disease Association Offers Lyme Conference Scholarships for Medical Students

WALL, N.J., Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) announces availability of scholarships for its annual conference,... View Article

Canada: President’s Newsbrief – Ontario College of Family Physicians

[CanLyme Note: CanLyme is pleased to see the Ontario of College of Family Physicians is raising awareness about Lyme disease... View Article

Ontario Lyme Alliance responds to article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that missed the mark.

Re: Lyme disease: How reliable are serologic results? see also https://canlyme.docu.li/?p=7245 Debra L. Fraleigh, Co-founder Ontario Lyme Alliance A thorough examination... View Article

N.L. woman who beat Lyme disease now researching illness in U.S.

Krista Hewlett forced to quit medical school due to condition A Newfoundland woman who battled Lyme disease for four... View Article

Forbes: Lyme Deaths From Heart Inflammation Likely Worse Than We Thought

September 4th, 2015 Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections are skyrocketing. In western Pennsylvania, where I work, Lyme increased 25%... View Article

Tertiary Treponematosis – Lyme Disease, Syphilis, gum disease

Herbert B. Allen*, Maria Hannaway and Suresh Joshi Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research Abstract With recent findings in... View Article

Global TV – Lyme disease tests may not be accurate for some Canadians – Patients worried

[CanLyme Note: The Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada (AMMI) failed to point out that there is no ‘gold... View Article

Disease Risk & Landscape Attributes of Tick-Borne Borrelia Pathogens in the San Francisco Bay Area, California

Published: August 19, 2015 – DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134812 Abstract Habitat heterogeneity influences pathogen ecology by affecting vector abundance and the reservoir... View Article

Nature.com : Scientists have no shortage of ideas about how to stop tick-borne illnesses. What is holding them back?

Aug. 25th, 2015 Melinda Wenner Moyer The growing global battle against blood-sucking ticks On a balmy day in late... View Article

Return on Investment Slipping in Biomedical Research

[CanLyme note: Medical research should be of the highest standard of all research, but in many cases the opposite is true.... View Article

The Scientist: The Search for Persisters

It starts with a tick bite. This may be followed by the characteristic bullseye rash. And then the other symptoms... View Article

Schizophrenia Differential Diagnoses

Diagnostic Considerations – Other psychiatric illnesses – Anatomic lesions – Metabolic illnesses – Endocrine disordersInfectious illnesses – Miscellaneous disorders –... View Article

Undiagnosed Lyme disease in adults with schizophrenia.

Published online Aug. 6th, 2015 ABSTRACT Lyme disease (LD) is the world’s leading tick borne infection caused by the spirochete,... View Article

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