Canadian Tick-borne Illness Research 2010-Present

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Last updated: Aug 29, 2020

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2020
Pelletier J, Rocheleau JP, Aenishaenslin C, Beaudry F, Dimitri Masson G, Lindsay LR, Ogden NH, Bouchard C, and Leighton PA, “Evaluation of fluralaner as an oral acaricide to reduce tick infestation in a wild rodent reservoir of Lyme disease”, Parasites & Vectors , vol. 13, no. 1, 2020.
Talbot B, Leighton PA, and Kulkarni MA, “Genetic Melting Pot in Blacklegged Ticks at the Northern Edge of Their Expansion Front ”, J Hered., vol. Jul 1, 2020.
2019
Gasmi S, Ogden NH, Ripoche M, Leighton PA, Lindsay LR, Nelder MP, Rees E, Bouchard C, Vrbova L, Rusk R, Russel C, Pelcat Y, Mechai S, Kotchi SO, and Koffi JK, “Detection of municipalities at-risk of Lyme disease using passive surveillance of Ixodes scapularis as an early signal: A province-specific indicator in Canada.”, PLoS One, vol. 14, no. 2, 2019.
Clow KM, Leighton PA, Pearl DL, and Jardine CM, “A framework for adaptive surveillance of emerging tick-borne zoonoses.”, One Health, vol. 7, 2019.
Bouchard C, Dibernardo A, Lindsay LR, Wood H, and Leighton PA, “Increased risk of tick-borne diseases with climate and environmental changes”, Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 45, pp. 83-89, 2019.
Talbot B, Slatculescu AM, Thickstun C, Koffi JK, Leighton PA, McKay R, and Kulkarni MA, “Landscape determinants of density of blacklegged ticks, vectors of Lyme disease, at the northern edge of their distribution in Canada.”, Sci Rep, vol. 9, no. 1, 2019.
Ogden NH, Bouchard C, Badcock J, Drebot MA, Elias SP, Hatchette TF, Koffi JK, Leighton PA, Lindsay LR, Lubelczyk CB, Peregrine AS, Smith RP, and Webster D, “What is the real number of Lyme disease cases in Canada?”, BMC Public Health, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 849, 2019.
2018
Soucy JR, Slatculescu AM, Nyiraneza C, Ogden NH, Leighton PA, Kerr JT, and Kulkarni MA, “High-Resolution Ecological Niche Modeling of Ixodes scapularis Ticks Based on Passive Surveillance Data at the Northern Frontier of Lyme Disease Emergence in North America”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 235-242, 2018.
Bouchard C, Aenishaenslin C, Rees EE, Koffi JK, Pelcat Y, Ripoche M, Milord F, Lindsay LR, Ogden NH, and Leighton PA, “Integrated Social-Behavioral and Ecological Risk Maps to Prioritize Local Public Health Responses to Lyme Disease.”, Environ Health Perspect, vol. 126, no. 4, 2018.
Ripoche M, Lindsay LR, Ludwig A, Ogden NH, Thivierge K, and Leighton PA, “Multi-Scale Clustering of Lyme Disease Risk at the Expanding Leading Edge of the Range of Ixodes scapularis in Canada”, Int J Environ Res Public Health, vol. 15, no. 4, 2018.
Ripoche M, Gasmi S, Adam-Poupart A, Koffi JK, Lindsay LR, Ludwig A, Milord F, Ogden NH, Thivierge K, and Leighton PA, “Passive Tick Surveillance Provides an Accurate Early Signal of Emerging Lyme Disease Risk and Human Cases in Southern Canada”, J Med Entomol., 2018.
2017
Clow KM, Leighton PA, Ogden NH, Lindsay LR, Michel P, Pearl DL, and Jardine CM, “Northward range expansion of Ixodes scapularis evident over a short timescale in Ontario, Canada”, PLoS One, vol. 12, no. 12, 2017.
Gasmi S, Ogden NH, Leighton PA, Adam-Poupart A, Milord F, Lindsay LR, Barkati S, and Thivierge K, “Practices of Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment by general practitioners in Quebec, 2008-2015”, BMC Fam Pract. , vol. 18, no. 1, 2017.
2016
Gasmi S, Ogden NH, Leighton PA, Lindsay LR, and Thivierge K, “Analysis of the human population bitten by Ixodes scapularis ticks in Quebec, Canada: Increasing risk of Lyme disease”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 7, no. 6, 2016.
Gabriele-Rivet V, Ogden NH, Massé A, Antonation K, Corbett C, Dibernardo A, Lindsay LR, Leighton PA, and Arsenault J, “ECO-EPIZOOTIOLOGIC STUDY OF FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS, THE AGENT OF TULAREMIA, IN QUÉBEC WILDLIFE.”, J Wildl Dis, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 217-229, 2016.
2015
Ogden NH, Mechai S, Margos G, Moriarty TJ, Michel P, Lindsay LR, Leighton PA, and Feil EJ, “Evolutionary aspects of emerging Lyme disease in Canada”, Appl Environ Microbiol, vol. 81, no. 21, 2015.
2014
Simon JA, Marrotte RR, Desrosiers N, Fiset J, Gaitan J, Gonzalez A, Koffi JK, Lapointe FJ, Leighton PA, Lindsay LR, Logan T, Milord F, Ogden NH, Rogic A, Roy-Dufresne E, Suter D, Tessier N, and Millien V, “Climate change and habitat fragmentation drive the occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, at the northeastern limit of its distribution.”, Evol Appl., vol. 7, no. 7, 2014.
Werden L, Barker IK, Bowman J, Gonzales EK, Leighton PA, Lindsay LR, and Jardine CM, “Geography, deer, and host biodiversity shape the pattern of Lyme disease emergence in the Thousand Islands archipelago of Ontario, Canada”, PLos ONE, vol. 9, no. 1, 2014.
2012
Koffi JK, Leighton PA, Pelcat Y, Trudel L, Lindsay LR, Milord F, and Ogden NH, “Passive Surveillance for I. scapularis ticks: enhanced analysis for early detection of emerging Lyme disease risk”, J Med Entomol, vol. 49, no. 2, 2012.

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