Canadian Tick-borne Research 2010-Present
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Last updated: March 30, 2024
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“The added value of One Health surveillance: data from questing ticks can provide an early signal for anaplasmosis outbreaks in animals and humans”, Can J Public Health, vol. 114, no. 2, 2023.
, “Using Serum Specimens for Real-Time PCR-Based Diagnosis of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, Canada”, Emerg Infect Dis, vol. 29, no. 1, 2023.
, “The added value of One Health surveillance: data from questing ticks can provide an early signal for anaplasmosis outbreaks in animals and humans”, Can J Public Health, 2022.
, “Lyme Disease, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis, Atlantic Canada”, Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 1292-1294, 2022.
, “Range Expansion of Ixodes scapularis and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ontario, Canada, from 2017 to 2019”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2022.
, “Transmission patterns of tick-borne pathogens among birds and rodents in a forested park in southeastern Canada”, PLoS One, vol. 17, no. 4, 2022.
, “Exposure to Tick-Borne Pathogens in Cats and Dogs Infested With Ixodes scapularis in Quebec: An 8-Year Surveillance Study”, Front Vet Sci., vol. eCollection 2021, 2021.
, “Monitoring the patterns of submission and presence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis collected from humans and companion animals in Ontario, Canada (2011-2017)”, Parasit Vectors., vol. 14, no. 1, 2021.
, “A multi-year assessment of blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) population establishment and Lyme disease risk areas in Ottawa, Canada, 2017-2019”, PLoS One, vol. 16, no. 2, 2021.
, “Species-specific PCR assay for the detection of Babesia odocoilei”, J Vet Diagn Invest., 2021.
, “Performance of a Modified Two-Tiered Testing (MTTT) EIA Algorithm for Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in Nova Scotia”, J Clin Microbiol, vol. JCM.01841-19, 2020.
, “Sentinel surveillance of Lyme disease risk in Canada, 2019: Results from the first year of the Canadian Lyme Sentinel Network (CaLSeN)”, Can Commun Dis Rep , vol. 46, no. 10, 2020.
, “Increased risk of tick-borne diseases with climate and environmental changes”, Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 45, pp. 83-89, 2019.
, “Recent Emergence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ontario, Canada: Early Serological and Entomological Indicators”, Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2019.
, “Tick infestations of wildlife and companion animals in Ontario, Canada, with detection of human pathogens in Ixodes scapularis ticks.”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 72-76, 2019.
, “Ixodes scapularis tick distribution and infection rates in Ottawa, Ontario, 2017”, Can Commun Dis Rep, vol. 44, no. 10, 2018.
, “Powassan Virus and Other Arthropod-Borne Viruses in Wildlife and Ticks in Ontario, Canada.”, Am J Trop Med, vol. 99, no. 2, pp. 458-465, 2018.
, “Risk factors associated with seropositivity to California serogroup viruses in humans and pet dogs, Quebec, Canada.”, Epidemiol Infect., vol. 2, 2018.
, “Three genetically distinct clades of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes scapularis”, Ticks & Tick-borne Diseases, vol. 9, no. 6, 2018.
, , “Emerging arboviruses in Quebec, Canada: assessing public health risk by serology in humans, horses and pet dogs”, Epidemiology & Infection, vol. 145, no. 14, pp. 2940-2948, 2017.
, “Eco-epizootiologic Study of Francisella tularensis, the Agent of tularemia, in Quebec Wildlife.”, J Wildl Dis, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 217-229, 2016.
, “A New Borrelia Species Discovered in BC Ticks”, BCMJ, vol. 58, no. 10, 2016.
, “The first case of locally acquired tick-borne Babesia microti infection in Canada.”, Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol., vol. 25, no. 6, 2014.
, “The prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and co-infections with other Borrelia spp. in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Canada.”, Parasites & Vectors, vol. 7, 2014.
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