Canadian Tick-borne Research 2010-Present
Please note that while summaries of the journal articles listed below are fairly universally accessible by members of the public, full text access often (though not always) requires a fee and/or account.
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Last updated: March 1, 2024
Found 626 results
“The Putative Endonuclease Activity of MutL Is Required for the Segmental Gene Conversion Events That Drive Antigenic Variation of the Lyme Disease Spirochete”, Front Microbiol, vol. 13, 2022.
, “Range Expansion of Ixodes scapularis and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ontario, Canada, from 2017 to 2019”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2022.
, “Repellent and acaricidal activities of basil (Ocimum basilicum) essential oils and rock dust against Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis ticks”, Exp Appl Acarol, 2022.
, “The role of climate change in the spread of vectors and vector-borne disease in Windsor-Essex County”, Environmental Health Review, vol. 65, no. 3, 2022.
, “Rurality, Socioeconomic Status, and Residence in Environmental Risk Areas Associated with Increased Lyme Disease Incidence in Ontario, Canada: A Case-Control Study”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2022.
, “Sentinel Surveillance Contributes to Tracking Lyme Disease Spatiotemporal Risk Trends in Southern Quebec, Canada”, Pathogens, vol. 11, no. 5, 2022.
, “Severe Arboviral Neuroinvasive Disease in Patients on Rituximab Therapy: A Review”, Clin Infect Dis, 2022.
, “Spatial patterns of Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia miyamotoi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum detected in Ixodes spp. ticks from Canadian companion animals, 2019-2020”, Zoonoses Public Health, 2022.
, “Spatiotemporal trends and socioecological factors associated with Lyme disease in eastern Ontario, Canada from 2010-2017”, BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022.
, “Surveillance for Lyme disease in Canada, 2009–2019”, CCDR, vol. 48, no. 5, 2022.
, “Surveillance of Babesia odocoilei in wild and farmed cervid populations of Saskatchewan, Canada”, Can Vet J, vol. 63, no. 7, 2022.
, “Tick infestation effects on haemoglobin levels of deer mice ( Peromyscus maniculatus)”, Parasitology, vol. 149, no. 2, pp. 209-217, 2022.
, “Tick-borne Pathogens Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia odocoilei, and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Blacklegged Ticks Widespread Across Eastern Canada”, Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Studies, vol. 2, no. 10, 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.
, “Tularemia above the Treeline: Climate and Rodent Abundance Influences Exposure of a Sentinel Species, the Arctic Fox ( Vulpes lagopus), to Francisella tularensis”, Pathogens, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022.
, “Two cases of tularemia in hunters from rural Newfoundland”, J Assoc Med Microbiol Infect Dis Can, vol. 7, no. 2, 2022.
, “Unilateral ptosis and mydriasis secondary to presumed Lyme neuroborreliosis”, J AAPOS, vol. 26, no. 5, 2022.
, “The utility of a maximum entropy species distribution model for Ixodes scapularis in predicting the public health risk of Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 13, no. 5, 2022.
, “Vector microbiota manipulation by host antibodies: the forgotten strategy to develop transmission-blocking vaccines”, Parasit Vectors, vol. 15, no. 1, 2022.
, “VlsE, the nexus for antigenic variation of the Lyme disease spirochete, also mediates early bacterial attachment to the host microvasculature under shear force”, PLos Pathogen, vol. 18, no. 5, 2022.
, “Where have all the grouse ticks gone? Apparent decline in collections of Haemaphysalis chordeilis Packard”, Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl., vol. 19, 2022.
, “Anti-Microbiota Vaccines Modulate the Tick Microbiome in a Taxon-Specific Manner”, Front Immunol., vol. 12, 2021.
, “The application of next-generation sequence-based DNA barcoding for bloodmeal detection in host-seeking wild-caught Ixodes scapularis nymphs”, BMC Res Notes, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 67, 2021.
, “Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Canadian veterinarians with regard to Lyme disease in dogs”, J Vet Intern Med, vol. 35, pp. 294-302, 2021.
, “Author's Reply-Phase-4 RBBB in Lyme carditis?”, HeartRhythm Case Rep., vol. 7, no. 7, 2021.
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