Research findings on Lyme and Pregnancy/Congenital Transmission

Above is a U-tube link Sue Faber's November 3rd, 2017 presentation on Lyme disease and Pregnancy/Transplacental transmission at our first LymeHope event. 
​The powerpoint presentation slides and an extensive reference list below.

Transplacental transmission resulting in congenital infection of Borrelia Burgdorferi (Lyme) has been documented and accepted over the last 32 years (1985 to 2017) by multiple International physicians, researchers, scientists and other experts.   

Please click below to access a list of articles/literature on Pregnancy and Lyme/Congenital Transmission.

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Sue Faber had also spoken directly to her concerns around congenital transmission when she was invited to speak as a witness in front of the Parliamentary House of Commons Standing Health Committee study of the Federal Lyme Framework in June. 
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Sue's speech below:
Link to briefs submitted to the Standing Health Committee can be found here:https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/HESA/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=9527827

At our August 22nd meeting with then Minister of Health Jane Philpott and Dr. Theresa Tam (Chief Public Health Officer and also a Pediatric Infectious Disease physician), we presented them with a copy of the literature we have gathered on congenital (mother to child) Lyme transmission - to ensure that all literature including congenital case-studies, pathology reports and Chapter 11 written by Dr Tessa Gardner (Pediatric ID doctor) in Remington and Klein's Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant - a medical reference textbook - 5th edition from 2001 is included in the Public Health Agency of Canada's current literature review on congenital transmission.   
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We had given a hard-copy of this textbook directing to the Standing Health Committee for Parliamentary record. We look forward to ongoing collaboration and transparency with Public Health Agency of Canada regarding our serious concerns around congenital transmission. We believe this alternate mode of transmission needs to be urgently recognized, researched and acknowledged by our Public Health Authorities as Lyme disease continues to sweep across Canada. 

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Please note: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns 'Lyme disease acquired during pregnancy may lead to infection of the placenta and possible stillbirth'  
https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/transmission/index.html
CDC poster on Pregnancy and Lyme:  'Untreated, Lyme disease can be dangerous to your unborn child. Lyme disease that goes untreated can also cause you to have brain, nerve, spinal cord, and heart problems.'
https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/resources/toolkit/factsheets/10_508_Lyme-disease_PregnantWoman_FACTSheet.pdf
The March of Dimes also shares this about Lyme and Pregnancy on their website:
https://www.marchofdimes.org/complications/lyme-disease-and-pregnancy.aspx