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Last updated: August 11, 2026.

2026
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A 51-year-old man with tick-borne relapsing fever
Advanced Molecular and Microscopic Diagnostics Suggest Congenital Borrelia Transmission: A Case Report
Advancements in nanotrap technology for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases
An in-house nucleic acid test for detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in whole blood donor samples
Biosensor for Lyme Disease: Real-time, Specific, and Label-Free Complementary Metal-Oxide-Silicon Transistor Sensing of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. Outer Surface Protein A in Unprocessed Blood
Changing case definition: An analysis of its impact on Lyme disease surveillance in Nova Scotia
Chemical Composition Matters! The Role of Nepetalactone Isomers in Tick Repellency
Climate change and emerging diseases: challenges for physicians in Canada
Comparative Diagnostic Evaluation of Microscopy and Targeted Next-generation Sequencing of the Barcoding Gene Cytochrome oxidase subunit I for Tick Identification in British Columbia, 2021-2023
Detections of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes pacificus and Babesia microti in Ixodes angustus Ticks in British Columbia, Canada
Effectiveness of tick sampling methods in the field: A systematic scoping review
Efficacy of a novel tick attractant and repellent activity of essential oils from sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult
Emergence of Babesiosis in Nova Scotia, Canada
Evolution of Translational Machinery in Fast- and Slow-Growing Bacteria
Expression of Concern: Scott, J.D.; Pesapane, R.R. Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia odocoilei, Babesia sp., Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, and Hepatozoon canis in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected in Eastern Canada. Pathogens 2021, 10, 12
First European detection and genomic analysis of Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis in a traveler returning from Canada
Genome sequencing and multi-stage, blood-feeding, and tissue-specific transcriptome atlas of the Rocky Mountain wood tick provide a critical resource for this vector
Human Complement Evasion Is Widespread Among Lyme Borreliosis Spirochete Species
In vitro assessment of entomopathogenic potential of Clonostachys rosea (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) against Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks
Increased Borrelia burgdorferi Seroprevalence in Nova Scotia-Prevalence and Distribution 10 Years Later
Infection with multiple strains of the Lyme disease bacterium in female mice can affect the strain-specific maternal antibody response in their offspring
Letter regarding unravelling the genomic landscape of Canadian Borrelia burgdorferi: a comparison across global strains; Piot et al. Microbial Genomics 2026;12:001606
Making the best of a sticky situation: Infection-mediated endothelial activation promotes new interactions with adhesins of the host-adapted Lyme disease spirochete
Making the best of a sticky situation: Infection-mediated endothelial activation promotes new interactions with adhesins of the host-adapted Lyme disease spirochete
Minimal mutational requirements for conversion of a telomere resolvase into a Cre-like site-specific recombinase

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