{"id":4316,"date":"2025-09-12T16:19:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/impact-stories\/community-concerns-drive-research-into-ticks-and-lyme-disease\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T18:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:42:57","slug":"community-concerns-drive-research-into-ticks-and-lyme-disease","status":"publish","type":"impact-stories","link":"https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/fr\/impact-stories\/community-concerns-drive-research-into-ticks-and-lyme-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Les pr\u00e9occupations communautaires stimulent la recherche sur les tiques et la maladie de Lyme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t <div class=\"breadcrumb-container theme1\">\n<ol>\n      <li><a href=\"https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/fr\/impact\/\"><span>Impact<\/span><\/a><span class=\"separator\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/fr\/impact\/impact-stories\/\"><span>Histoires d\u2019impact<\/span><\/a><span class=\"separator\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"\"><span>Les pr\u00e9occupations communautaires stimulent la recherche sur les tiques et la maladie de Lyme<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n                <\/ol>\n        <\/div>    <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n        {\n            \"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\",\n            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n            \"itemListElement\": [\n                            ]\n        }\n    <\/script>\n   \n    <script>\n            <\/script>\n<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\">\n            <div class=\"breadcrumb-container theme1\">\n                <ol>\n                                    <\/ol>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/nav>    <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n        {\n            \"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\",\n            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n            \"itemListElement\": [\n                            ]\n        }\n    <\/script>\n   \n    <script>\n            <\/script>\n\n\n\t        <a href=\"https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/impact\/impact-stories\/?_impact_stories_category=stories-fr\">\n            Stories<\/a> <span> | <\/span>\n                          <a style=\"color:#dc3972\"\n            href=\"https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/impact\/impact-stories\/?_impact_sector=health-fr\">\n            Sant\u00e9<\/a> <span> | <\/span>\n         \n\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dr-Vett-Lloyd-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dr-Vett-Lloyd-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dr-Vett-Lloyd-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dr-Vett-Lloyd-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dr-Vett-Lloyd-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dr-Vett-Lloyd-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/researchnb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dr-Vett-Lloyd-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mSdldgIIJ7A\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\n<h2>\n\t\t\tUne rencontre fortuite lors d&rsquo;une s\u00e9ance de jardinage a chang\u00e9 la trajectoire de la carri\u00e8re de biologiste de la Dre Vett Lloyd et l&rsquo;a transform\u00e9e en une figure de proue de la lutte contre la maladie de Lyme.  \t<\/h2>\n\t<p>La Dre Lloyd a consacr\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re partie de sa carri\u00e8re \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tude de la g\u00e9n\u00e9tique. Puis, en 2010, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 mordue par une tique dans son jardin, a contract\u00e9 la maladie de Lyme et est tomb\u00e9e gravement malade. Son exp\u00e9rience l&rsquo;a amen\u00e9e \u00e0 \u00e9tudier la mani\u00e8re dont les tiques transmettent la bact\u00e9rie responsable de la maladie de Lyme. Ce qu&rsquo;elle pensait \u00eatre un \u00ab petit projet \u00bb est devenu l&rsquo;\u0153uvre de sa vie.<\/p>\n<p>Sur le campus de Mount Allison, Mme Lloyd et son \u00e9quipe travaillent actuellement avec un partenaire industriel, Geneticks, afin d&rsquo;aider les Canadiens \u00e0 se prot\u00e9ger contre la menace croissante que repr\u00e9sente la maladie de Lyme. Leur dernier projet en date consiste \u00e0 mettre au point un dispositif de test mobile qui permettra \u00e0 l&rsquo;utilisateur de d\u00e9terminer rapidement si une tique est porteuse de la bact\u00e9rie responsable de la maladie de Lyme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Les le\u00e7ons tir\u00e9es de la pand\u00e9mie de COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actuellement, il faut parfois attendre jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 une semaine pour obtenir les r\u00e9sultats d&rsquo;un test effectu\u00e9 sur une tique. Le Dr Lloyd compare cette situation au d\u00e9but de la pand\u00e9mie, lorsque le seul moyen de se faire d\u00e9pister pour le coronavirus \u00e9tait de se rendre dans une clinique et d&rsquo;attendre plusieurs jours les r\u00e9sultats du test.<\/p>\n<p>Puis sont arriv\u00e9s les \u00ab tests rapides \u00bb que les gens pouvaient utiliser eux-m\u00eames pour obtenir des r\u00e9sultats en quelques minutes. Tout comme ces kits de test ont contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 ralentir la propagation de la COVID-19, un appareil mobile permettant de tester les tiques pourrait ralentir la propagation de la maladie de Lyme, qui est en augmentation dans tout le Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Le dispositif con\u00e7u par le Dr Lloyd et son \u00e9quipe tiendra dans la paume de votre main. Il \u00e9crasera une tique, la plongera dans un liquide pour provoquer une r\u00e9action chimique et en extraira l&rsquo;ADN, puis analysera cet ADN. Les r\u00e9sultats seront disponibles en deux heures environ.<\/p>\n<p><strong>La science au service de la communaut\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Le chemin qui m\u00e8ne de la conception d&rsquo;un dispositif m\u00e9dical \u00e0 sa fabrication est long, et le Dr Lloyd et son \u00e9quipe n&rsquo;en sont qu&rsquo;au d\u00e9but. Il faudra probablement trois ans rien que pour valider le concept de l&rsquo;appareil en laboratoire, puis la prochaine \u00e9tape sera un long processus d&rsquo;homologation.<\/p>\n<p>Le Lloyd Tick Lab a toutefois l&rsquo;avantage de collaborer d\u00e9j\u00e0 avec un partenaire industriel, Geneticks.<\/p>\n<p>Le Dr Lloyd explique : \u00ab Chaque fois que nous d\u00e9couvrons un nouvel agent pathog\u00e8ne, nous d\u00e9veloppons un test pour le d\u00e9tecter, et ils peuvent le tester presque imm\u00e9diatement. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Selon le Dr Lloyd, ce type de \u00ab transposition \u00bb rapide de la recherche \u00e0 la pratique est rare. Il en va de m\u00eame pour les liens \u00e9troits que le laboratoire de Mount Allison entretient avec la communaut\u00e9 des personnes qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mordues par des tiques ou ont contract\u00e9 la maladie de Lyme.<\/p>\n<p>Le Dr Lloyd consid\u00e8re que sa relation avec cette communaut\u00e9 est essentielle \u00e0 son travail. \u00ab La communaut\u00e9 nous dit ce dont nous devons nous pr\u00e9occuper \u00bb, dit-elle. \u00ab Nous nous inqui\u00e9tons, puis ce sont les partenaires industriels qui prennent des mesures concr\u00e8tes. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Selon elle, les scientifiques doivent \u00eatre \u00ab au service de la communaut\u00e9 \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Ce qui me motive vraiment, c&rsquo;est de faire des choses qui sont utiles \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 \u00bb, dit-elle. \u00ab La science n&rsquo;est r\u00e9elle que si elle aide les gens. \u00bb<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tSHARE:\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tMore like this:\t<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4330,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"impact-category":[94],"sector":[96],"class_list":["post-4316","impact-stories","type-impact-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","impact-category-stories-fr","sector-health-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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