The latest issue of The Lyme Report goes out to subscribers tomorrow and its focus is on tick repellents, changes to the national surveillance system, and the latest research on ticks in Saskatchewan. In tomorrow’s issue, subscribers will find:
FEATURE: An Acadia University biochemist discusses her role in the creation of a new natural tick repellent and what she had to learn about ticks in order to come up with a formulation that rivals the efficacy of DEET.
ANALYSIS: I’ll be taking a close look at a paper that represents the culmination of a nine year study into blacklegged ticks in Saskatchewan and the pathogens they are carrying. I will also be taking a look at an overview paper reporting on how the case definition of Lyme disease was altered following a review in 2016 and what those changes mean to the tracking of human Lyme disease cases in Canada.
NEWS BRIEFS: Canadian researchers are, as always, up to exciting things. In this issue, I’ll point you to some intriguing news reports about supercomputers being used to map Lyme risk in the Maritimes, artificial intelligence being used to identify Lyme risk in Canada, a record number of Lyme disease cases being recorded in Quebec, Manitoba opening a virtual clinic to aid in the diagnosis of tick-borne illnesses and the BC Centre for Disease Control efforts to inform doctors and residents about Lyme disease risk in the province.
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