January 2019
Potential effects of blood meal host on bacterial community composition in Ixodes scapularis nymphs
Date: January 22, 2019
Source: Ticks Tick Borne Dis
The economic burden of Lyme disease and the cost-effectiveness of Lyme disease interventions: A scoping review
Date: January 4, 2019
Source: PLoS ONE
October 2018
Patients in Lunenburg to be recruited for new national Lyme disease research project
Date: October 25th
Source: Lighthouse Now
Queen’s University group leads new $4M Lyme disease research project
Date: October 18th
Source: Ottawa Citizen
Government of Canada takes action to address Lyme Disease
Date: October 15th
Source: CIHR (Canadian Institute of Health Research)
September 2018
Robust interferon signature and suppressed tissue repair gene expression in synovial tissue from patients with post‐infectious, Borrelia burgdorferi‐induced Lyme arthritis
Date: September 14th
Source: Cellular Microbiology
P.E.I. vet seeks puppies to be part of Lyme disease study
Date: September 14th
Source: CBC News
Human-Biting Ixodes Ticks and Pathogen Prevalence from California, Oregon, and Washington
Date: September 12th
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Antimicrobial action of calprotectin that does not involve metal withholding
Date: September 12th
Source: Metallomics
Some Nova Scotians heading to Maine for Lyme disease treatments
Date: September 12th
Source: Halifax Today
Tick-borne pathogens in removed ticks Veneto, northeastern Italy: A cross-sectional investigation
Date: September 6th
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
As the Threat of Lyme Disease Rises, Why Hasn’t Research Funding Followed Suit?
Date: September 6th
Source: Undark
Serological diagnostics of Lyme borreliosis: comparison of universal and Borrelia species-specific tests based on whole-cell and recombinant antigens
Date: September 5th
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Positive and Negative Regulation of Glycerol Utilization by the c-di-GMP Binding Protein PlzA in Borrelia burgdorferi
Date: September 4th
Source: Journal of Bacteriology
Hot and dry weather apparently hampering ticks that carry Lyme disease
Date: September 4th
Source: CentralMaine.com
Imaging in Lyme neuroborreliosis
Date: September 4th
Source: Insights into imaging
Tick infestations of wildlife and companion animals in Ontario, Canada, with detection of human pathogens in Ixodes scapularis ticks
Date: September 3rd
Source: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Multidisciplinary management of patients presenting with Lyme disease suspicion
Date: September 3rd
Source: Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses
Lyme disease tests on the horizon
Date: September 2nd
Source: Chemical and Engineering News
August 2018
Cost-effectiveness of a potential anti-tick vaccine with combined protection against Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis in Slovenia
Date: August 30th
Source: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Infectious Mononucleosis and Lyme Disease as Confounding Diagnoses: A Report of 2 Cases
Date: August 30th
Source: Clinical Medicine and Research
Transcriptomic insights on the virulence-controlling CsrA, BadR, RpoN, and RpoS regulatory networks in the Lyme disease spirochete
Date: August 30th
Source: PLOS one
Genotyping and quantifying Lyme pathogen strains by deep sequencing of the outer surface protein C (ospC) locus
Date: August 29th
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Oral Management for Pediatric Lyme Meningitis
Date: August 28th
Source: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
9 Symptoms Of Lyme Disease Not Everyone Thinks To Look For
Date: August 28th
Source: Bustle
Experts Worry Ticks Behind Disease Spread in Mexico May Come to U.S.
Date: August 28th
Source: Healthline
Why I Blame Wall Street for My Lyme Disease
Date: August 28th
Source: SLATE
Impact of Wearing and Washing/Drying of Permethrin-Treated Clothing on Their Contact Irritancy and Toxicity for Nymphal Ixodes scapularis(Acari: Ixodidae) Ticks
Date: August 27th
Source: Journal of Medical Entomology
A review on test methods for insecticidal fabrics and the need for standardisation.
Date: August 27th
Source: Parisitology Research
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES PASSAGE OF HIS SENATE AMENDMENT, INCREASING BY OVER 12% CDC FUNDING TO COMBAT LYME DISEASE
Date: August 27th
Source: Charles E. Schumer-United States Senator for New York
How to get rid of ticks
Date: August 26th
Source: Mother Nature Network
Neuropsychiatric Lyme Borreliosis: An Overview with a Focus on a Specialty Psychiatrist’s Clinical Practice
Date: August 25th
Source: Healthcare
Governor hopes an Alaska tree can cut down on Lyme disease
Date: August 24th
Source: Granite Geek
BLOG: Dealing with the visual consequences of Lyme disease
Date: August 24th
Source: Primary Care Optometry News
Rapid complete atrioventricular heart block reversal due to Lyme carditis
Date: August 23rd
Source: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Borrelia Miyamotoi: An Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogen
Date: August 22nd
Source: The American Journal of Medicine
Evidence for increasing densities and geographic ranges of tick species of public health significance other than Ixodes scapularis in Québec, Canada
Date: August 22nd
Source: PLOSone
ASK EWG: WHAT’S THE BEST BUG SPRAY TO BUY FOR MY KIDS?
Date: August 22nd
Source: The Environmental Working Group
How Lyme Disease Can Hurt Your Heart
Date: August 20th
Source: Healthline
Is it time to bring back the Lyme disease vaccine?
Date: August 20th
Source: CTV News
Metabolites of prostaglandin synthases as potential biomarkers of Lyme disease severity and symptom resolution
Date: August 18th
Source: Inflammation Research
A Tale of Three Lyme Disease Smartphone Apps
Date: August 18th
Source: Edgy Labs
Identification of Urine Metabolites as Biomarkers of Early Lyme Disease
Date: August 15th
Source: Scientific Reports
Lyme Disease Is Spreading Fast. Why Isn’t There a Vaccine?
Date: August 14th
Source: The New York Times
Pilot Study of Immunoblots with Recombinant Borrelia burgdorferi Antigens for Laboratory Diagnosis of Lyme Disease
Date: August 14th
Source: Healthcare
Lyme borreliosis, ticks and Borrelia species
Date: August 8th
Source: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift (The Central European Journal of Medicine)
Verdun resident contracts Lyme disease without leaving island of Montreal
Date: August 8th
Source: CBC
Is This Tick-Borne Illness the New Lyme Disease?
Date: August 8th
Source: Healthline
Study of tick-borne disease dynamics could thwart future outbreaks
Date: August 7th
Source:Medical Xpress
Questing Behavior and Analysis of Tick-Borne Bacteria in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Oklahoma
Date: August 6th
Source: Journal of Medical Entomology
The chemokine CXCL13 in cerebrospinal fluid in children with Lyme neuroborreliosis.
Date: August 6th
Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
An Invasive New Tick Is Spreading in the U.S.
Date: August 6th
Source: The New York Times
Microbiological features distinguishing Lyme disease and relapsing fever spirochetes
Date: August 3rd
Source: Wien Klin Wochenschr (The Central European Journal of Medicine)
Lyme Disease in 2018 What Is New (and What Is Not)
Date: August 2nd
Source: JAMA Network
Case report: persistently seronegative neuroborreliosis in an immunocompromised patient
Date: August 2nd
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases
Comparison of Clinical Course and Treatment Outcome for Patients With Early Disseminated or Early Localized Lyme Borreliosis
Date: August 1st
Source: JAMA Dermatology
Lyme disease: What is it? What are the symptoms?
Date: August 1st
Source: Daily Mail
July 2018
Infection Kinetics and Tropism of Borrelia burgdorferisensu lato in Mouse After Natural (via Ticks) or Artificial (Needle) Infection Depends on the Bacterial Strain
Date: July 31st
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology
New Quest Diagnostics Data Shows Lyme Disease Prevalence Increasing and is Now Present in New U.S. States
Date: July 30th
Source: Quest Diagnostics
Ticks get more active in hot, humid weather
Date: July 27th
Source: CTV News Atlantic
Diagnosing Lyme Disease in Children With Neuropsychiatric Illness
Date: July 27th
Source: Rheumatology Advisor
One scientist’s radical idea to engineer mice and stop Lyme disease
Date: July 27th
Source: CNN Tech
Tickborne diseases are likely to increase, say NIH officials
Date: July 25th
Source: National Institutes of Health
South Shore pharmacists can administer antibiotic for Lyme disease
Date: July 22nd
Source: Montreal Gazette
How to tick safe your summer backyard from ‘very small and active’ Lyme-disease carrying critters
Date: July 21st
Source: CTV News Winnipeg
Assessing the Repeatability of Tick Dragging as a Method for Ixodes scapularis Surveillance.
Date: July 18th
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Landscape Features Associated With Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Density and Tick-Borne Pathogen Prevalence at Multiple Spatial Scales in Central New York State
Date: July 18th
Source: Journal of Medical Entomology
Robust B Cell Responses Predict Rapid Resolution of Lyme Disease
Date: July 18th
Source: Frontiers in Immunology
Tick Carrying Lyme Disease Found In Northern Bruce Peninsula
Date: July 18th
Source: Blackburn News
Lyme Disease Transmission Risk: Seasonal Variation in the Built Environment
Date: July 17th
Source: Healthcare
Signs warning of ticks carrying Lyme disease posted on walking paths by DND
Date: July 16th
Source: CTV News Ottawa
Dog owners issued warning as deer ticks move into Calgary backyards
Date: July 16th
Source: CBC
Lyme disease study finds reported cases involving kids mostly in Ontario, Nova Scotia
Date: July 12th
Source: CTV News Atlantic
Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of strains of the agent of Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi from Canadian emergence zones
Date: July 12th
Source: Scientific Reports
Using citizen science to describe the prevalence and distribution of tick bite and exposure to tick-borne diseases in the United States
Date: July 12th
Source: PLoS One
UM researchers receive $700,000 in NIH funding to study tick-borne Lyme disease
Date: July 11th
Source: Eurek Alert!
The allocation of time and risk of Lyme: A case of ecosystem service income and substitution effects
Date: July 8th
Source: Environmental and Resource Economics
Ticks, Lyme disease and pets: Prevention, removal and symptoms
Date: July 5th
Source: Ottawa Citizen
Evidence for an effect of landscape connectivity on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto dispersion in a zone of range expansion
Date: July 2nd
Source: Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
June 2018
Lyme disease surges in Quebec: What you need to know to protect yourself
Date: June 23rd
Source: CBC
A Case of Undetected Neuroborreliosis in a 75-Year-Old Chinese Male.
Date: June 20th
Source: Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
A Case of Optic Neuritis Secondary to Lyme Disease
Date: June
Source: WMJ, official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin
May 2018
Valneva seeking partner for $350M Lyme disease vaccine effort, prepping for phase 2
Date: May 30th
Source: FiercePharma
Tick forecast 2018: Experts predict more Lyme disease in Canada
Date: May 9th
Source: Global News