How to Remove a Tick
Where Lyme Disease Came From and Why It Eludes Treatment
[CanLyme Note: The title is a bit misleading. The bacteria that causes Lyme disease is millions of years old according to... View Article
Tag Archive: ticks
Media Advisory: Health officials to present information about blacklegged ticks and Lyme disease in Toronto
May 15, 2019 Health officials to present information about blacklegged ticks and Lyme disease in Toronto Toronto Public Health... View Article
Tick Talk – theORCA.ca “At the risk of making you feel itchy, a must-know for B.C. hikers”
April 4, 2019 No matter where you are in British Columbia, our province is blessed with some of the finest... View Article
Establishment of a continuous in vitro culture of Babesia duncani in human erythrocytes reveals unusually high tolerance to recommended therapies. [ie Mepron not too effective?]
November 21st, 2018 Abstract Human babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia. Clinical cases... View Article
‘Every season is tick season’: Experts warn of winter Lyme disease risk
People have ‘let their guard down’ and aren’t checking for ticks as weather cools, says zoologist Laurenne Schiller loves... View Article
Epidemiology of Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis [Can be coinfection with other tick borne disease(s) or stand alone infections]
Nov 26th, 2018 Ehrlichiosis “Ehrlichiosis is a disease caused by several Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacteria that are transmitted by a... View Article
OPINION: Lyme disease tunnel vision plagues provincial authorities
Nov 3rd, 2018 Chronicle Herald newspaper Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada by Jane Bailey. Re: “Nova Scotia’s health system has a... View Article
Canadian Lyme disease patient groups united in rejecting the ‘one research network only’ concept of the federal government
[CanLyme Note: There is already another pan-Canadian research network that has been up and running for over a year, the Canadian... View Article
Lyme disease vastly under-detected in Canada, according to new study
Mount A biologist co-authors research that suggests only 3-4% of Lyme cases are officially diagnosed Friday October 20th, 2018 A... View Article
‘I don’t wish this on my worst enemy’: Caledon-area woman says Canada’s medical system is failing people living with Lyme disease
Oct. 2, 2018 Caledon Enterprise newspaper Janice Barry was at a vet office in Alliston with her dog when a... View Article
One in three ticks in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, carries Lyme disease yet no help for the tens of thousands chronically ill across the country due to false information.
[CanLyme note: For decades Canadian health care leadership have downplayed the prevalence of Lyme disease (borreliosis) in ticks based upon poor... View Article
Ticks do not only transmit Lyme disease: After Tularemia Death, Experts Stress Education
[Learn more about tularemia ] Article… September 13, 2018 Julia Wells The Vineyard Gazette With tick-borne diseases a growing matter of... View Article
OPINION: We need to do more in Nova Scotia regarding Lyme and tick-borne diseases
By Donna Lugar in the Chronicle Herald, Sept. 11, 2018 … It is unfortunate that Nova Scotia’s top doctor feels... View Article
Dog owners issued warning as deer ticks move into Calgary backyards
July 16th, 2018 Deer ticks no longer respect city limits. That was the word Monday from Dr. Wendy McLelland, a... View Article
Tick tick boom: Lyme’s disease cases increase fourfold in 20 years [Netherlands]
[Tick Tick Boom everywhere] The number of people in the Netherlands with Lyme’s disease continues to rise and the infection... View Article
Bringing Lyme Disease Awareness to SK [Saskatchewan, Canada]
Thursday, 19 April 2018 05:00 WestCentralonline Saskatchewan, Canada by Kelsey Calder Jaime Cobler is raising awareness of Lyme Disease in Saskatchewan,... View Article