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

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

Fox News: Richard Gere Among Celebrities Who Have Battled Lyme Disease

[CanLyme note: They forgot Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates, and others including professional golfers and baseball players.] Lyme disease,... View Article

Persister Development by B. burgdorferi Populations In Vitro

[CanLyme note: The researchers acknowledge in their paper that their findings are limited to doxycycline, alone, at their prescribed dosages. The... View Article

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

Lyme disease: Knowledge and practices of family practitioners in southern Quebec

[CanLyme note: We invite your review of the below article (free PDF of study can be accessed in the link... View Article

Chatelaine Magazine: Lyme disease is on the rise — should you be worried?

July 29th, 2015 More than 600 cases of Lyme disease were reported in Canada in 2013 — a number that’s... View Article

USA CDC : Vaccines for Lyme Disease – Past, Present, and Future

[CanLyme note: The argument to market a vaccine anytime soon is weak. Until many eyes have had a chance to... View Article

VIDEO – CBC Friends raise money to help treat woman with Lyme disease

Friends of Carolyn MacIntyre, a Perth-area woman with Lyme disease, are raising money to pay for her ongoing care and... View Article

Unravelling the mystery of Lyme disease: Why Canada needs to do more

Rian Michelsen is a rising star. Fifteen years ago, he was the toddler who burst out from behind the curtains... View Article

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-infected Ixodes ricinus collected from vegetation near the Arctic Circle

July 2015 Abstract This is the first study to determine the density of questing Ixodes ricinus in northern Norway. It... View Article

Lyme disease may cause psychiatric problems

July 24th, 2015 Daniel Calder St. Petersburg Mental Health Examiner Perhaps the most devastating symptoms produced by Lyme disease infection occur when... View Article

Intestinal Pseudoobstruction Caused by Chronic Lyme Neuroborreliosis. A Case Report

July 25, 2015 By David F Schefte and Tyge Nordentoft Abstract Chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction is often classified as idiopathic. The... View Article

Doctors concerned, cases of Lyme disease increase in Ontario

Daksha Rangan The Weather Network Saturday, July 25, 2015, 3:28 PM – Eastern Ontario has seen a surge in cases... View Article

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