Tick-borne pathogens and the vector potential of ticks in China

*Corresponding author: Jingze Liu jzliu21@heinfo.net Parasites & Vectors 2015, 8:24 doi:10.1186/s13071-014-0628-x Published: 14 January 2015 Ticks, as obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites, attack... View Article

TOUCHED BY LYME: CDC fires another salvo against “chronic Lyme”

[CanLyme note: There are no human tests for many of the borrelia species of bacteria that cause Lyme disease, yet... View Article

Cochrane Eagle newspaper’s Lyme borreliosis articles received first place in most read articles

[CanLyme note: This is another indication that the Canadian public wants to know more about why Lyme borreliosis is not being... View Article

Lyme [borreliosis] Helps Spread Other Tick Infections

December 31, 2014 By Christopher Intagliata – Scientific American Mice infected with Lyme and the Babesia parasite are more likely... View Article

Bill C-442 opens talks on Lyme disease

December 31, 2014 Belleville News By Diane Sherman Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, introduced... View Article

Lyme disease debate leaves family without answers

Chiara Davide, 22, has been sick for seven years with no diagnosis. Was a positive Lyme disease test result from... View Article

Expanded Study Confirms that Lyme Disease May Be Sexually Transmitted

San Francisco, California (PRWEB) December 19, 2014 An expanded study confirms that Lyme disease may be sexually transmitted. The study... View Article

Cochrane, Alberta: Bill C-442 leaves Lyme sufferers hopeful for change

Thursday, Dec 18, 2014 06:00 am By: Lindsay Seewalt Last May, the Eagle ran a story on the controversies... View Article

KSHB TV Kansas: New tick-borne virus discovered after the death of Kansas man

December 17th, 2014 KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A new, never before seen virus has been discovered in Kansas. The CDC... View Article

Bill C-442 is carried as is in Senate. Hear testimony in Canada’s Senate Committee on Bill C-442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease, as Bill moves forward.

Bill C-442 is carried in the Senate (signed into law with Royal assent Dec. 16th, 2014): Listen to testimony of... View Article

Listen to Brenda Sterling-Goodwin as she discusses Lyme in Nova Scotia, Canada

All of Nova Scotia is endemic for Lyme disease says Brenda Sterling-Goodwin Brenda Sterling-Goodwin joins us to discuss ticks and... View Article

Hamilton scientist who discovered cause of Lyme disease dies

November 19, 2014 10:00 pm HAMILTON – To the world, Willy Burgdorfer will always be remembered as the scientist who discovered... View Article

British Columbia, Canada: Tick borne disease was misdiagnosed for two decades

Julie Bertrand / Oceanside Star November 13, 2014 12:00 AM Qualicum Beach resident Sue Aldous discovered she had Lyme disease... View Article

The Borrelia hermsii factor H binding protein FhbA is not required for infectivity in mice or for resistance to human complement in vitro.

[CanLyme note: Currently, testing and symptomotology knowledge are not nearly accurate enough to distinguish between a human B. hermsii infection and a... View Article

Professor of Microbiology: Lyme is most misunderstood [maligned] disease since AIDS [and far more prevalent]

Holly Ahern 12:08 a.m. EST November 9, 2014 With the possible exception of HIV/AIDS, no infectious disease in recent history... View Article

Bartonella henselae Infections In An Owner and Two Papillon Dogs Exposed to Tropical Rat Mites (Ornithonyssus bacoti).

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2014 Oct;14(10):703-9. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1492. Abstract After raccoons were trapped and removed from under a house in... View Article

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