Persister Formation in Borrelia burgdorferi

B. Sharma, A. Brown, K. Lewis; Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA Lyme disease, caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, is the... View Article

Endemicity of Anaplasma phagocytophilum (previously Ehrlichia spp.) and Babesia microti in Wisconsin, USA: benchmark results following introduction of molecular diagnostic methods for routine patient management (2012-2013)

ECCMID Spain, May 10-13th, 2014 Fritsche T.R.; Marti T.N.; Schotthoefer A.M.; Uphoff T.S OBJECTIVES: To establish benchmark prevalence rates of tick-borne... View Article

Filarial Nematode Infection in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected from Southern Connecticut

Pabbati Namrata, Jamie M. Miller, Madari Shilpa, Patlolla Raghavender Reddy, Cheryl Bandoski, Michael J. Rossi and Eva Sapi Veterinary Sciences,... View Article

UNF Professor Discovers Two Lyme Disease Bacteria Previously Unknown to Infect Human Patients

Dr. Kerry Clark, associate professor of public health at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, and his colleagues have... View Article

Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato seroreactivity and seroprevalence in the northeastern United States.

[CanLyme note: More evidence that the current two tier testing model imposed upon Canadians is incapable of detecting the genetic diversity... View Article

Lyme disease risk not amplified in a species-poor vertebrate community: Similar Borrelia burgdorferi tick infection prevalence and OspC genotype frequencies

Abstract The effect of biodiversity declines on human health is currently debated, but empirical assessments are lacking. Lyme disease... View Article

Lyme Neuroborreliosis and Dementia

Abstract Introduction: Descriptions of Lyme disease and dementia are rare. Objective: To describe patients with dementia and a... View Article

The Purple Paper – a publication of the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, Canada.

[CanLyme note: The comments below are a review by our expert science reviewers in light of some of the content... View Article

Blacklegged Tick Population by Migratory Birds in Ontario, Canada

Researchers have discovered a new Lyme disease endemic area in Frontenac County that was likely started by spring migratory songbirds.... View Article

The prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and co-infections with other Borrelia spp. in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Canada

Antonia Dibernardo, Tyler Cote, Nicholas H Ogden and L Robbin Lindsay Published: 15 April 2014 Abstract (provisional) Background Blacklegged ticks,... View Article

Diversity of piroplasms detected in blood-fed and questing ticks from several states in the United States.

Shock BC, Moncayo A, Cohen S, Mitchell EA, Williamson PC, Lopez G, Garrison LE, Yabsley MJ. online before print 2014... View Article

LymeDisease.org Publishes Largest Study of Chronic Lyme Disease Ever Conducted; Patients Suffer Poor Quality of Life and High Rates of Disability and Unemployment

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 01, 2014 Chronic Lyme disease is associated with a poorer quality of life than most... View Article

Only 18% of Lyme Disease patients studied in Nova Scotia had a rash… not the 60-80% stated by Canadian governments, AMMI, and in Canadian medical curricula

Lyme Arthritis: an Emerging Clinical Problem in Nova Scotia, Canada Pier D. Glaude1, Adam M. Huber1, Timothy Mailman2, Suzanne Ramsey2,... View Article

People, Pets, and Parasites: One Health Surveillance in Southeastern Saskatchewan

Abstract Residents of remote and Indigenous communities might experience higher exposure to some zoonotic parasites than the general North American... View Article

Detection of Borreliae in Archived Sera from Patients with Clinically Suspect Lyme Disease

Abstract: The diagnoses of Lyme disease based on clinical manifestations, serological findings and detection of infectious agents often contradict each... View Article

Detection of Microbial Agents in Ticks Collected from Migratory Birds in Central Italy

Online Ahead of Print: February 27, 2014 Author information Luciano Toma,1,* *These authors contributed equally to this work. Fabiola... View Article

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