Lyme Science Blog
Dr. Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH, is a nationally recognized leader for his expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. His weekly Lyme Disease Science blog features articles covering the latest research, insights and case reviews.
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Lack of knowledge about Lyme disease in Canada
Researchers surveyed 137 participants from 11 professional and recreational organizations across New Brunswick between December 2018 and February 2019 to
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What is a Lyme literate doctor?
In the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines, Wormser and colleagues initially dismissed Lyme disease symptoms as nothing more
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Babesia infections explode in Hudson Valley, NY
In their article “Increasing incidence and changing epidemiology of babesiosis in the Hudson Valley region of New York State: 2009-2016,” ¹
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Are antibiotics used to treat Lyme disease effective?
An article entitled “Antibiotic treatment in patients that present with solely non-specific symptoms and positive serology at a Lyme centre,”
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ALDF article fails to mention flaws in Lyme disease trials
Dr. Baker, director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation, who was responsible for overseeing The National Institute of Allergy and
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Is suppressing immunity harmful to Lyme disease patients?
The authors compared 16 individuals with Lyme disease receiving TNF-α inhibitors with 32 healthy controls to understand whether suppressing their
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Symptoms of Lyme disease are not “excessive”
Clinicians face great challenges in diagnosing disorders that involve symptoms seen in both general medicine and psychiatry, ” wrote Robert
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Is Lyme disease being overlooked during infectious disease consultations?
In their article “Functional signs in patients consulting for presumed Lyme borreliosis,” Voitey et al. found that in the 48
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What percentage of ticks have Lyme disease?
As the authors point out, “Concurrent polymicrobial infections in humans can have a synergistic effect and result in a more