What is the Government of Canada doing to address Lyme disease?
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is currently funding a health research project on Lyme disease. Funding of $820,000 over five years has been provided to study the properties of the tick. This health research project will lead to further understanding of the pathogen causing Lyme disease. Public Health Agency of Canada scientists continue to collaborate in studying the occurrence of tick populations in Canada. These studies have demonstrated the low-risk of encountering ticks infected with the Lyme disease agent in most of Canada. Many of these findings have been published and reported at scientific meetings to help increase awareness of the potential for Lyme disease to occur in Canada. In addition, Public Health Agency of Canada scientists are currently researching the potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of the ticks that carry Lyme disease. This research will contribute to our understanding of the occurrence of the disease.
