2. The fastest growing emerging disease…worldwide! Lyme Disease www.CanLyme.org

3. Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation This is a disease you must learn about, and a disease you will encounter in your lifetime either personally or through someone you know.

4. What is Lyme disease? Tick-borne disease......... Spirochete... is a Borreliosis with Multiple strains Birds, Ticks, – spread randomly! Not confined to certain areas. Tick species – Ixodes.... (yes) Dermacentor.... (unlikely)

5. Sporadic cases have been reported in Canada since 1970s 1977: 13 year old girl in Ontario with EM and arthritis (CDWR 1988 14-22: 95- 97) 1979: biologist at Long Point Ontario with arthritis and subsequent positive serology (Artsob 2010 Purple Paper) 1983: 8 year old in Alberta with EM rash (CMAJ 1986 134 (1): 48-49) 1984: French tourist in Quebec with EM after insect bite ( Zbl. Bakt. Hyg. A 1986 263: 488-490)

6. * 10 reference states *World Health Organization Report: Lyme borreliosis in Europe (2006) and CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2007 0.1

7. British Columbia distribution of I pacificus (Mak et al. 2010. J Med Entomol 47:99-105) In Memory of Dr. L. Kindree, MD and Dr. S. Banerjee PhD

9. Symptoms of Lyme disease... strain related Fatigue is a common denominator symptom of Lyme disease Muscle and/or joint pain A minority of people will get a rash, or multiple rashes Brain/thinking dysfunction... Memory, concentration, bi-polar,..... Hallucinations..... headaches Some may get arthritic symptoms / rheumatic symptoms Headaches / Muscle spasms /Seizures / Heart problems Bowel issues of all sorts; from pain, to diarrhea, to constipation Many people have eyesight problems that can include worse vision..... or vision interference (eye infection) All systems of body... from glands to hormones to sexual function