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For a directory of those scientists from around the world who share an interest in spirochete research click here See epidemiological map of immediately across our border. Canada has no such info - yet where we look we find lyme. Geographical study of Lyme Vs. MS, etc. U.S. lawmakers target CDC Lyme researchers as reason for new laws Canadians Find Lyme in Ixodes Auritulus (Avian Tick) -- Birds Disperse Ticks in Canada -- See Tick Reference Chart -- Terms for Describing and Identifying Ticks -- Tick Identification Markings In 1993 it was shown that Ixodes dammini is the same species as I. scapularis and as a result has retained the older name I. scapularis (Oliver et al. 1993). Those who read papers with references to Ixodes dammini should make note of this change. see Tick Chart                Upcoming Conferences Click Here A "publish or perish" mentality emerged Canadian researchers better identify risk Canadian blood supply at risk Global peer review, frightening to many Nancy's plea For reseach MS / Lyme Microbes in tissues living under the Alzheimer name? 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You tell us. -Is vaccinating mice going to cure Lyme? ...NIAID -Variations in Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly culture medium      modulate infectivity and pathogenicity -Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Lyme...Donta -Crohn's, colitis linked to lyme -Tick Research Looks Promising -Conflicts of Interest in Lyme -Expert Opinion on Lyme -Long Term Antibiotic Research -Researcher Fudge's Results - Gets Caught -Researcher tops roster of Lyme experts -Seronegative Lyme (sero-negative) -IV Rocephin may be wrong medicine -Newsweek International - Mind disease -$4 Million dollar study results -Lab tests for Lyme -Profile of neuroborreliosis in Denmark -Lyme, MS and Schizophrenia connected. -Lyme Disease and Multiple Sclerosis (referenced) -Canadian researchers link MS/lyme -Trigeminal Neuralgia -Dr. Pachner, Infection of the Brain -Laboratories fail at Proficiency Testing of Lyme -Ample Lyme in Sweden -300 Labs Fail Miserably in test for Lyme -FDA Issues Lyme Test Warning -Late and Chronic Lyme - Donta, Boston Univ. 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BC 1995 -A must read...Anorexia/Compulsive...12 yr. old boy -New Borrelia more abundant than burgdorferi -General Info and Research Resource -Persistent Infection/Tissue Culture References -CBC Radio One on Lyme-In depth -Cyst form of Bb formed easily in distilled water -Vector Interactions and Molecular Adaptations -Borreliosis Hermsii mimics chronic Lyme in Canada -The Spirochete: Borrelia Strains -Spirochetal cysts in MS patients spinal fluid. -Department of Neurology, State University of New   York...    Increased evidence and variability of CNS   abnormalities -Rheumatic manifestations of parasitic diseases -Pitfalls of Elisa and Western Blot -Blood Tests missing Lyme by a wide number -Congenital Lyme -Transmission by sex, mosquitos, etc. -Alzheimer's disease--a spirochetosis? -ALS-like sequelae in chronic neuroborreliosis -Lou Gehrig's Disease with Lyme disease treatment -ALS / Tick Borne Encephalitis / Lyme -ALS / MS...Lyme Diagnosis -Study debunked -Lyme... the Pandora's Box! -Psychiatric Manifestations of Lyme -Columbia University Lyme Research Studies -ILADS Position Paper -New Serum for Lyme? -Lyme Disease in China - english transcripts -Lyme Disease in Russia -Brain Imaging and Neuropsychological Testing -MRI Findings and Lyme Top