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: Sept 30, 2024

Found 655 results
2024
Adams JA, Osasah V, Paphitis K, Danish A, Mather RG, Russell C, Pritchard J, and Nelder MP, “Age- and Sex-Specific Differences in Lyme Disease Health-Related Behaviors, Ontario, Canada, 2015-2022”, Emerg Infect Dis., vol. 30, no. 10, 2024.
Maher S, Scott L, Zhang S, and Baranchuk A, “Animal models of Lyme carditis. Understanding how to study a complex disease”, Current Problems in Cardiology, vol. 49, no. 5, 2024.
Kelly PH, Tan Y, Yan Q, Shafquat M, Davidson A, Xu Q, Major M, Halsby K, Granjales A, Davis J, Angulo FJ, Moisi JC, and Stark JH, “Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato prevalence in Ixodes scapularis from Canada: a thirty-year summary and meta-analysis (1990-2020)”, Acta Trop, 2024.
Hurd SN, Kenefic LS, Leahy JE, Sponarski C, and Gardner AM, “Cascading impacts of overstory structure in managed forests on understory structure, microclimate conditions, and Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) densities”, J Med Entomol, 2024.
Berthold A and Lloyd VK, “Changes in the Transcriptome and Long Non-Coding RNAs but Not the Methylome Occur in Human Cells Exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi”, Genes (Basel.), vol. 15, no. 8, 2024.
Faith DR, Kinnersley M, Brooks DM, Drecktrah D, Hall LS, Luo E, Sontiago-Frangos A, Wachter J, Samuels DS, and Secor PR, “Characterization and genomic analysis of the Lyme disease spirochete bacteriophage ϕBB-1”, BioRxiv, 2024.
Urcuqui-Bustamante AM, Leahy JE, Sponarski C, and Gardner AM, “Collaborative Modeling of the Tick-Borne Disease Social-Ecological System: A Conceptual Framework”, Ecohealth, 2024.
Yunik ME, Diyes CP, and Chilton NB, “Comparison of the supercooling points of questing Dermacentor variabilis adults in two populations on the Canadian prairies and implications for overwinter survival”, Exp Appl Acarol, vol. 92, no. 1, 2024.
Bland J, McGowan C, Bush E, and Lloyd VK, “Constructing an ELISA for Detection of Anti-Borrelia in Wildlife and Agricultural Animals”, Methods Mol Biol., 2024.
Haidl TH, Lee MK, Workman SD, Russell JH, Fraser E, Morshed MG, and Cameron ADS, “Draft whole-genome sequences of three Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from Western Canada”, Microbiol Resour Announc, 2024.
Pelletier J, Bouchard C, Aenishaenslin C, Dibernardo A, Masson GD, Fernandez-Prada C, Gagnon S, AV, I. Meneses, Lindsay LR, Ogden NH, Rocheleau JP, and Leighton P, “The effect of fluralaner treatment of small mammals on the endemic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi in a natural environment”, J Med Entomol, vol. 61, no. 5, 2024.
Diyes CP, Yunik ME, Dergousoff SJ, and Chilton NB, “Effect of snow cover on the off-host survival of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae”, J Med Entomol, vol. 61, no. 1, 2024.
Ogden NH, Dumas A, Gachon P, and Rafferty E, “Estimating the Incidence and Economic Cost of Lyme Disease Cases in Canada in the 21st Century with Projected Climate Change”, Environ Health Persect., vol. 132, no. 2, 2024.
Abuin-Denis L, Piloto-Sardinas E, Maitre A, Wu-Chuang A, Mateos-Hernandez L, Obregon D, Corona-Gonzalez B, Fogaca AC, Palinauskas V, Azelyte J, Rodriguez-Mallon A, and Cabezas-Cruz A, “Exploring the impact of Anaplasma phagocytophilum on colonization resistance of Ixodes scapularis microbiota using network node manipulation”, Curr Res Parasitol Vector Borne Dis, vol. 5, 2024.
CPZ Foo, Sutcliffe CG, Dibernardo A, and Lindsay LR, “Geographic range and minimum infection rate of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, and Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks in Manitoba, Canada from 1995 to 2017”, Zoonoses Public Health ., 2024.
Gooding C, Gould L, and Gries G, “Harmful and Harmless Soil-Dwelling Fungi Indicate Microhabitat Suitability for Off-Host Ixodid Ticks”, Microorganisms, vol. 12, no. 3, 2024.
Crandall KE, Millien V, and Kerr JT, “High-resolution environmental and host-related factors impacting questing Ixodes scapularis at their northern range edge”, Ecol Evol, vol. 14, no. 2, 2024.
Nepveu-Traversy ME, Fausther-Bovendo H, and Babuadze GG, “Human Tick-Borne Diseases and Advances in Anti-Tick Vaccine Approaches: A Comprehensive Review”, Vaccines (Basel), vol. 12, no. 2, 2024.
Anholeto LA, Blanchard S, Wang HV, de Souza Chagas AC, Hillier NK, and Faraone N, “In vitro acaricidal activity of essential oils and their binary mixtures against ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)”, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, vol. 15, no. 2, 2024.
Logan JJ, Knudby AJ, Leighton P, Talbot B, McKay R, Ramsay T, Blanford JI, Ogden NH, and Kulkarni MA, “Ixodes scapularis density and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence along a residential-woodland gradient in a region of emerging Lyme disease risk”, Sci Rep, vol. 14, 2024.
Logan JJ, Sawada M, Knudby AJ, Ramsay T, Blanford JI, Ogden NH, and Kulkarni MA, “Knowledge, protective behaviours, and perception of Lyme disease in an area of emerging risk: results from a cross-sectional survey of adults in Ottawa, Ontario”, BMC Public Health, vol. 24, no. 1, 2024.
Rocheleau JP, Aenishaenslin C, Dumas A, Pelletier J, Leighton PA, and Bouchard C, “Lime for Lyme: Treatment of Leaf Litter with Dolomitic Lime Powder Impairs Activity of Immature Ixodes scapularis Ticks”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2024.
Kon E, Adikari H, Simpson Y, Wong Q, J, L., Chahil N, and Morshed M, “Lyme Disease Confirmatory Western Blot Is Redundant for Screen Negative Samples in Low Endemic Areas, British Columbia, Canada”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2024.
Koloski CW, Hurry G, Foley-Eby AH, Adam H, Goldstein S, Zvionow P, Detmer SE, and Voordouw M, “Male C57BL/6J mice have higher presence and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in their ventral skin compared to female mice”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 15, no. 2, 2024.
Couloigner I, Dizon C, Mak S, Dykstra EA, Fraser E, Morshed M, Iwasawa S, Checkley S, and Cork SC, “Mapping Ixodes pacificus and Borrelia burgdorferi Habitat Suitability Under Current and Mid-Century Climate in the Pacific Northwest (BC and WA)”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, 2024.

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