Watch CTV Canada AM segment with Rossana Magnotta – aired May 25th, 2016

The rise of Lyme disease: Tiny bug causing big problems Watch here

CBC News Ottawa: Jim Wilson, CanLyme president, wants patients as equal partners on Lyme Borreliosis policy.

May 16th, 2016 As a result of Elizabeth May’s private member’s Bill 442 that passed unanimously through both the Canadian... View Article

CBC, The National: Alarming rise in Lyme disease cases

A five-fold increase in Lyme disease cases since 2009 concerns Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Gregory Taylor sounds alarm,... View Article

Dr. Ted Cormode – Lyme disease from my perspective as a pediatrician and father of Lyme disease victim in Canada

Dr. Ted Cormode is a well respected retired pediatrician from Ontario who now resides in British Columbia. He relates his... View Article

Halifax, NS, Canada: We must understand risk of ticks & Lyme Disease

By Brenda Sterling-Goodwin March 24th, 2016, Chronicle Herald newspaper Halifax, NS, Canada As migrating birds return this spring, they will... View Article

Gulf Islands, BC, Canada: Peak tick season prompts warning

[CanLyme note: Reuben Kaufman, PhD, is a long time Board member of CanLyme] By Sean McIntyre on March 23, 2016 –... View Article

Toronto Star: Canada’s National Ballet second soloist returns as Romeo after battle with Lyme Disease

A leap in the right direction March 16th, 2016 Toronto Star, Michael Crabb Special To The Star Brendon Saye, National... View Article

Looking for Canadian input : Survey on the treatment of Lyme disease outside of Canada [that Canadians have had to seek due to lack of help in Canada].

Survey on the treatment of Lyme disease outside of Canada We are conducting a survey to estimate the number of... View Article

Ticks parasitizing gallinaceous birds in Canada and first record of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) from California Quail

Systematic & Applied Acarology 21(1): 1–12 (2016) http://doi.org/10.11158/saa.21.1.1 JOHN D. SCOTT, JOHN F. ANDERSON, LANCE A. DURDEN, MORGAN L. SMITH,... View Article

United States : CDC Refuses to End Preferential Treatment of IDSA Lyme Guidelines in Response to Citizen Petition Patient advocates cite CDC/IDSA conflicts of interest

“Fries says, “It’s unacceptable that when a federal government agency is presented with evidence of improprieties, the official response is... View Article

Distribution and survival of Borrelia miyamotoi in human blood components

Aaron M. Thorp and Laura Tonnetti Article first published online: 21 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/trf.13398 BACKGROUND Borrelia miyamotoi, the agent of... View Article

Belleville, Ontario, Canada: Lyme Disease a concern for Health Unit as more ticks test positive

Belleville News by Steve Petrick Nov 30th, 2015 Belleville – As a real estate agent in Centre Hastings, Steve Bancroft... View Article

Amblyomma dissimile Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizes bird captured in Canada

Systematic & Applied Acarology 20(8): 854–860 (2015) John D. Scott, Lance A. Durden Abstract We document Amblyomma dissimile Koch (Acari:... View Article

CanLyme director responds to Canadian Medical Association Journal commentary.

Counter Points — Robert G. Murray, Director, CanLyme.com The commentary from Dr. Dan Gregson et al. signals that there will... View Article

Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Ixodes scapularis from a Newly Established Lyme Disease Endemic Area, the Thousand Islands Region of Ontario, Canada.

ProHealth – Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. (2015 Sep 22). [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are vectors... View Article

More infected ticks found in Sudbury area

By Jim Moodie, The Sudbury Star, August 26th, 2015 The city is experiencing a minor rash of Lyme-carrying ticks, any one... View Article

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