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Legislative Package To Fight Lyme Disease Introduced In NY
December 29th, A package of state legislation aimed at fighting Lyme and tick-borne diseases is being introduced ahead of the... View Article
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Tick-borne anaplasmosis surging in Maine – and it’s worse than Lyme
[CanLyme note: Canada is only a few hour flight for our many migratory birds who come from Maine (and all of... View Article
Australia: A Senate inquiry has recommended urgent government funding for research into tick-borne disease in Australia.
Nov. 30th, 2016 Inquiry calls for Lyme funding, research A Senate committee has recommended the federal government urgently increase... View Article
Dr. Nevena Zubcevik of the Harvard Medical School dispels some long held, over published myths about Lyme disease
Dispelling myths … “Dr. Nevena Zubcevik of the Harvard Medical School, and co-director of the Dean Center for Tick-Borne Illnesses,... View Article
Entomological Society of America Issues Statement on Tick-borne Diseases
[CanLyme note: CanLyme has no evidence to support the insinuation of the Entomological Society of America in the last sentence of... View Article
Boston: Lyme Disease at Epidemic Levels, Say Health Officials
No state budget to control ticks Lyme and anaplasmosis and other tick borne diseases. Ten million spent on West Nile... View Article
CanLyme makes ‘Dear Abby’ newspaper column… thank you Lyn D.
Dear Abby: Speedy diagnosis essential for treatment of Lyme disease To be published in newspapers May 1st in Canada Dear... View Article
Avril Lavigne announces she has been diagnosed with Lyme Disease
TORONTO — Avril Lavigne has revealed she was bedridden for five months suffering from Lyme disease. “I felt like I... View Article
A Rare Case of ARDS From Human Anaplasmosis
Kaphle U, Kheir F, Thammasitboon S. Respiratory Care, online before print, 2015 Feb 10. Abstract Human granulocytic anaplasmosis is... View Article
Lyme and associated tick-borne diseases: global challenges in the context of a public health threat
Christian Perronne c.perronne@rpc.aphp.fr Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by ticks, was initially considered a recent, rare and regional occurrence. We... View Article
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
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
Scientific American: Tick-Borne Diseases on the Rise, Thanks to Global Warming
Lyme disease is bad enough. But it’s just the beginning of a host of odd and ugly diseases ticks transmit,... 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
Lyme Disease-Induced Polyradiculopathy Mimicking Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Abstract Importance: To describe a case of predominantly motor polyradiculopathy secondary to Lyme disease that can mimic motor neuron disease and... View Article
Comparison of Lyme Disease Prevalence and Reporting in and Endemic Area
Abstract Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States; however, controversy surrounding the diagnostic criteria... View Article