Welcome to Lyme Ontario! Lyme Ontario is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increase awareness, education and information on Lyme disease. We are a small volunteer based group that strives to enhance resources for those who may be affected or exploring tick borne infections through supportin...
Tick-borne diseases are prevalent throughout central and eastern Canada, including Ontario. Of the many infections transmissible through tick bites, Lyme disease is the most well-known. However, lesser known tick-borne diseases, such as Powassan encephalitis, can have debilitating, or even lethal ...
Clinical manifestations of reported Lyme disease cases in Ontario, Canada: 2005-2014. PLoS One. 2018;13:e0198509. Article PubMed PubMed Central CAS Google Scholar Government of Canada, Lyme Disease in Canada - A Federal Framework. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/...
treatment. Even in the US, many doctors are unable to diagnose a patient with lyme. Another example of an environmental disease that is now prevalent in Canada is west nile virus, which is spread by infected mosquitoes. These two environmental diseases are not serious with proper treatment, ...
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of Lyme disease cases may reach 300,000 annually. Because only approximately 25%-30% of US patients with early Lyme disease recall the tick bite, the clinician must direct the history toward the possibility of a tick bite. Do you know the clues to look for and best treatment to initiate?
Treatment Prophylactic antibiotic therapy should be given only to adults and children within 72 hours of removal of an identified high-risk tick bite, but not for bites that are equivocal risk or low risk. A single dose of oral doxycycline within 72 hours of tick removal should be administered...
Untreated, Lyme disease typically progresses from a localized skin infection, often with systemic non-specific symptoms (e.g., fatigue, headache), to various disseminated infections. Most uncomplicated cases fully recover after antibiotic treatment [6]. Disseminated manifestations range from secondary ...
Presence of spirochete causing Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in southern Ontario Nine of 121 I. scapularis ticks removed from dogs with no history of out-of-province travel in 1997-98 were found to be positive for B. burgdorferi by poly... ...
Chen, D.; Wong, H.; Belanger, P.; Moore, K.; Peterson, M.; Cunningham, J. Analyzing the Correlation between Deer Habitat and the Component of the Risk for Lyme Disease in Eastern Ontario, Canada: A GIS-Based Approach. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2015, 4, 105-123. [CrossRef]...