Remarkable diversity of tick or mammalian-associated Borreliae in the metropolitan San Francisco Bay Area, California

Natalia Fedorova, Joyce E. Kleinjan, David James, Lucia T. Hui, Hans Peeters, Robert S. Lane Abstract The diversity of Lyme... View Article

First detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus halli).

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Available online 20 August 2014. Abstract The hard tick Ixodes uriae parasitises a wide range of seabird... View Article

Ticks may transmit disease faster than currently thought

BY SHEREEN LEHMAN Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:12pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Brazilian ticks that carry Rocky Mountain... View Article

High-throughput screening of tick-borne pathogens in Europe

Lorraine Michelet; Sabine Delannoy; Elodie Devillers; Gérald Umhang; Anna Aspan; Mikael Juremalm; Jan Chirico; Fimme J. van der Wal; Hein... View Article

Lyme Disease -Induced Polyradiculopathy Mimicking Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

2014 Abstract Abstract Importance: To describe a case of predominantly motor polyradiculopathy secondary to Lyme disease that can mimic motor neuron diseaseand has... View Article

Lambton Public Health finds 18 blacklegged ticks during tick drag

June 21st, 2014 Be on the lookout for ticks when at the Pinery this summer. Lambton Public Health found more... View Article

Characteristics of seroconversion and implications for diagnosis of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome: acute and convalescent serology among a prospective cohort of early Lyme disease patients

[CanLyme note: Here is a quote from the Lyme Disease Research Foundation at John Hopkins University that furthers our long... View Article

Geographical and genospecies distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA detected in humans in the USA

Jounral of Medical Microbiology Kerry L. Clark1, Brian F. Leydet2 and Clifford Threlkeld Correspondence Kerry L. Clark kclark@unf.edu Received 14 January 2014. Accepted... View Article

A study on the association between infectious burden and Alzheimer’s disease

Bu XL, Yao XQ, Jiao SS, Zeng F, Liu YH, Xiang Y, Liang CR, Wang QH, Wang X, Cao HY,... View Article

Boys Mysterious Infection Cured After DNA Sequencing

[CanLyme note: This is the coming wave for better clinical diagnostics for Lyme borreliosis and other infections] By Maggie Fox... View Article

A cloud-compatible bioinformatics pipeline for ultrarapid pathogen identification from next-generation sequencing of clinical samples

Samia N. Naccache, Scot Federman, Narayanan Veeeraraghavan, et al Published online June 4, 2014 in advance of the print journal.... View Article

Listen to testimony of the Public Health Agency of Canada as they speak to the federal government of Canada’s Health Committe on Bill C-442 the National Lyme Disease Strategy Act

This is a private member’s Bill put before parliament that looks like it will pass into law as a result... View Article

Novel tick-borne phlebovirus identified during outbreak investigation in Tasmania

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014;20:1040-1043 June 2, 2014 An investigation of a disease outbreak among shy albatrosses in Tasmania led to... View Article

New Brunswick, Canada – Researchers begin ‘Tick Patrol’ looking for Lyme disease

FREDERICTON – Researchers from Mount Allison University have begun dragging for ticks in different parks and forests throughout New Brunswick,... View Article

Austrtalia – Lyme tests fail patients, says expert

May 28th, 2014 The Echo Retired vet Dr John Curnow BVSc is calling on Australia’s health authorities to support the... View Article

HHS Working Group on Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases Webinar – May 22, 2014 Archive

The HHS Working Group on Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases invites you to listen to the archived webinar with experts... View Article

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