The Myth
Lyme disease testing has a ‘gold standard’ in Canada.

The Truth

There is no universally accepted test for Lyme disease. Every lab test has its advantages and disadvantages, but overall Lyme tests in Canada are largely flawed. Other labs recommended by CanLyme are all certified and accredited, run by PH.D’s who simply refuse to follow flawed testing protocol. Canada has no mechanism for better testing due to bureaucratic controls that are influenced by for-profit players, and not victims and their experts.

Lyme is known for antigenic shifting, so antibody testing isn’t always effective.
PCR tissue and fluids tests are available for various tissue. A positive PCR is highly accurate. A negative PCR only tells the scientist that they did not find evidence in that sample. Another sample from the same patient from a different location may be positive.

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Detecting Borrelia Spirochetes: A Case Study With Validation Among Autopsy Specimens

The complex etiology of neurodegenerative disease has prompted studies on multiple mechanisms including genetic predisposition, brain biochemistry, immunological responses, and... View Article

Lyme documentary: Faces of Lyme – Ambivalence & Controversy

Watch this wonderfully done Canadian documentary on the consequences of poor medical education, poor tests, and inappropriate guidelines and protocol.... View Article

USA: Tick-Borne Disease Working Group 2022 Report to Congress

Executive Summary In this third and final report of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, the committee applauds the progress that... View Article

Migratory Songbirds Transport Amblyomma longirostre and Amblyomma maculatum Ticks to Canada

ABSTRACT Birds transport ticks into Canada during northward spring migration, and some of these ticks are infected with tick-borne zoonotic... View Article

The Global Search for Education: France – Ticks …. Huffington Post

Author, C.M. Rubin: Lyme (Borreliosis), Anaplasmosis /Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Bartonella, Tularemia, and more recently, Borrelia miyamotoi (a... View Article

Unique strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum segregate among diverse questing and non-questing Ixodes tick species in the western United States

Abstract The emerging tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum infects humans, domestic animals, and wildlife throughout the Holarctic. In the western US,... View Article

Listen to Dr. Bonnie Henry, regarding the BC Clinic, completely ignore the vast patient group who do respond to longer term antibiotics

Listen to the many wobble words and phrases used by Dr. Bonnie Henry to discount the dramatic benefit to thousands... View Article

Patient only gets his life back after longer term antibiotic intervention, and another begins the treatment – watch their stories

‘You don’t have Lyme’, or, ‘those rogue doctors are going to harm you with those horrible antibiotics’, these are statements... View Article

Riot Grrrl Back From the Brink – Lyme Disease took her down for over 6 years

By MELENA RYZIK Published: September 1, 2013 in the New York Times Donating her file cabinet, full of old journals,... View Article

CanLyme director David Cubberley speaks to CBC radio on the failings of the tax payer funded BC clinic

CanLyme director, David Cubberley, speaks to CBC radio on the failings of the Vancouver based BC Complex Chronic Disease Program... View Article

Victoria Times Colonist: Lyme disease clinic a ‘waste’ group says

BC’s new complex chronic disease program is a “complete waste of time” for Lyme disease patients, says the Canadian Lyme... View Article

Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC Women’s Hospital.

Press release: August 28th, 2013 Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC... View Article

The combined use of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics as risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection

Healthcare Infection, 08/21/2013 Clinical Article Kassavin DS et al. – A review of the incidence of Clostridium. difficile infection (CDI) at... View Article

Medical abuse in Manitoba – a plea for sanity in a messed up system

This is a copy of a letter I was asked by Marie Hughes to write on her behalf. It was... View Article

Lyme Disease: Spreading across Canada – The Nature of Things with David Suzuki

“It’s official. A March 2012 study confirmed that the tick that spreads lyme disease has been infiltrating Canada for the... View Article

Lyme disease more common than previously thought [10 times more cases says US CDC putting number at 300,000 cases per year!]

ATLANTA August 19, 2013 (AP) By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Lyme disease is about 10 times more common... View Article

The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorfer

R.A. Elsner, S.W. Barthold, N. Baumgarth http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043466613003542 Graduate Group in Microbiology and the Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California-Davis,... View Article

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Solutions – Ticks

To date in my “Ticks” series, we have learned from leading global experts that tick-borne illnesses (including Lyme disease) are... View Article

CBC News: Reports of Lyme disease triple in southern Manitoba

The number of black-legged ticks in southeastern Manitoba is on the rise, which has led to a surge in the... View Article

Still Lots of Unknowns

Much of the controversy over Lyme disease centers on the patients who experience chronic illness. When Lyme is caught late,... View Article

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