Or...Search this site Home Symptoms Live Discussion Diagnosis Treatment Area Support Library Research Lymelinks Contact Pets & Lyme DONATIONS Drug Info Medical Dictionary Board of Directors      Click on the graphic to vote for this site as a Starting Point Hot Site. -- No Warranties or Representations The data and information presented in this web site are presented in good faith and believed to be accurate. Any and all liability for the content or any omissions including any inaccuracies, errors, or misstatements in such data or information is expressly disclaimed. The web site is compiled for the sole purpose of informing community members of resources and information pertaining to Lyme Borreliosis Disease and its coinfections. The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, Directors and members are not liable for any direct or indirect damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of information available from this website. Consult a qualified Lyme ( Borreliosis ) Disease literate doctor for medical advice if Lyme Disease is suspect. en français For Physicians Ticks Coinfections Prevention Our Stories Click Here to order our free Lyme Disease Flyer,    Here for our free Lyme Disease Poster ..documents may be copied (to distribute) but edit only for alignment. Lyme disease carrying ticks found in several NB locations...Journal of Medical Entomology 2006, [May take a few minutes to load entire .pdf document] See map on page 6 CBC on Lyme in New Brunswick NB Gov't on Lyme Numbers of reported human cases to 2004 (reporting is less than accurate, testing will miss most cases, and numbers do not include clinical diagnoses) In New Brunswick the first human case was reported in 1987 and since then there have been a total of 15 reported human cases. Several of the human cases of Lyme disease have occurred in people who had not left the province (at least 4 out of the 15 reported cases to date). What vectors have been identified in New Brunswick? To date, there has been only one vector identified in New Brunswick - the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis, formerly known as the Deer Tick). Have all vectors been identified and noted as to where there are established populations from larvae to adult vectors? New Brunswick has received a few nymphs of I. scapularis, but most of the ticks are adult females. To date, Borrelia has not been found in any species other than I. scapularis. Adequate research has not yet been done to see if I. scapularis is endemic. Has the infection rate within the vector population in specific regions been determined? I. scapularis has been found in almost all parts of the province. Borrelia-infected ticks have been found in most parts of the province. A few I. muris have been submitted and tested, but all have tested negative to date. Where are the blood tests for Lyme disease done? Coinfections? All blood tests for Lyme disease in New Brunswick are sent to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. The tests done are the ELISA test, followed by Western Blot test. Jacqueline Badcock Consultant Zoonotic Diseases Public Health Health and Wellness New Brunswick    tel: (506) 453-2323      fax: (506) 453-8702