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.

If you are aware of any Canadian research into ticks or tick-borne illnesses that should be included below, please send me an email and include whatever details you have.

Last updated: August 3, 2022

Found 512 results
2022
Nelder MP, Russell CB, Johnson S, Li Y, Cronin K, Cawston T, and Patel SN, “American dog ticks along their expanding range edge in Ontario, Canada”, Sci Rep, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022.
Arsenault AC, Foley PM, and Clancey N, “Babesia vulpes in a dog from Prince Edward Island, Canada”, Can Vet J, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 589-592, 2022.
Adamo SA, Nabbout AE, Ferguson LV, Zbarsky JS, and Faraone N, “Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) needles and their essential oil kill overwintering ticks (Ixodes scapularis) at cold temperatures”, Sci Rep, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022.
Aenishaenslin C, Charland K, Bowser N, Perez-Trejo E, Baron G, Milord F, and Bouchard C, “Behavioral risk factors associated with reported tick exposure in a Lyme disease high incidence region in Canada”, BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022.
Zinck CB and Lloyd VK, “Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in Atlantic Canadian wildlife”, PLoS One, vol. 17, no. 1, 2022.
O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Lewin A, Osiowy C, Drebot MA, and Renaud C, “Canadian blood suppliers: An expanding role in public health surveillance?”, Can Commun Dis Rep., vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 124-130, 2022.
Wang J, K, C., Yang J, Zhang S, Li Y, Liu G, Luo J, Yin H, Wang G, and Guan G, “Comparative genomic analysis of Babesia duncani responsible for human babesiosis”, BMC Biol., vol. 20, no. 1, 2022.
Tardy O, Vincenot CE, Bouchard C, Ogden NH, and Leighton PA, “Context-dependent host dispersal and habitat fragmentation determine heterogeneity in infected tick burdens: an agent-based modelling study”, R Soc Open Sci, vol. 9, no. 3, 2022.
Ripoche M, Bouchard C, Irace-Cima A, Leighton P, and Thivierge K, “Current and future distribution of Ixodes scapularis ticks in Québec: Field validation of a predictive model”, PLoS One, vol. 17, no. 2, 2022.
Yans MW, Branca AS, Hahn NG, Crawley SE, Figurskey AC, Hobson KR, Banfield MG, and Borden JH, “Development of a Simple Trap That Captures Ticks (Acari) on Their Dorsal Surface”, J Med Entomol, 2022.
Servellita V, Bouquet J, Rebman AW, Yang T, Samayoa E, Miller S, Stone M, Lanteri M, Busch MP, Tang P, Morshed MG, Soloski MJ, Aucott JN, and Chiu CY, “A diagnostic classifier for gene expression-based identification of early Lyme disease”, Commun Med (Lond), vol. 2, 2022.
Motamed M, Liblik K, Miranda-Arboleda AF, Wamboldt R, Wang CN, Cingolani O, Rebman AW, Novak CB, Aucott JN, Farina JM, and Baranchuk A, “Disseminated Lyme disease and dilated cardiomyopathy: A systematic review”, Trends Cardiovasc Med, 2022.
Kanji JN, Isaac A, Gregson D, Mierzejewski M, Shpeley D, Tomlin P, Groechel M, Lindsay LR, Lachance L, and Kowalewska-Grochowska K, “Epidemiology of ticks submitted from human hosts in Alberta, Canada (2000-2019)”, Emerg Microbes Infect, pp. 1-25, 2022.
Chenery ES, Henaff M, Magnusson K, Harms NJ, Mandrak NE, and Molnar PK, “Improving Widescale Monitoring of Ectoparasite Presence in Northern Canadian Wildlife with the Aid of Citizen Science”, Insects, vol. 13, no. 4, 2022.
Hernandez-Ruiz V, Letenneur L, Fulop T, Helmer C, Roubaud-Baudron C, Avila-Funes JA, and Amieva H, “Infectious diseases and cognition: do we have to worry?”, Neurol Sci, pp. 1-10, 2022.
Allehebi ZO, Khan FM, Robbins M, Simms E, Xiang R, Shawwa A, Lindsay LR, Dibernardo A, d 'Entremont, Crowell A, LeBlanc J, and Haldane D, “Lyme Disease, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis, Atlantic Canada”, Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 1292-1294, 2022.
Prodanuk M, Groves H, Arje D, and Bitnun A, “Lyme disease in a neonate complicated by the Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction”, CMAJ, vol. 194, no. 27, 2022.
Musonera JB, Valiquette L, Baron G, Milord F, D, M., Thivierge K, Bedard-Dallaire S, Pelletier AA, Lachance R, Bourget J, Simard C, Cantin E, Abbasi F, Haraoui LP, and Carignan A, “Management and clinical outcomes of Lyme disease in acute care facilities in 2 endemic regions of Quebec, Canada: a multicentre retrospective cohort study”, CMAJ Open, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. E570-E576, 2022.
McGrath SL, Huang SH, and Kobryn K, “The N-terminal domain of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens telomere resolvase, TelA, regulates its DNA cleavage and rejoining activities”, J Biol Chem, vol. 298, no. 5, 2022.
Giannotti D, Boscaro V, Husnik F, Vannini C, and Keeling PJ, “The "Other" Rickettsiales: an Overview of the Family " Candidatus Midichloriaceae"”, Appl Environ Microbiol, vol. 88, no. 6, 2022.
Wamboldt R, Wang CN, Miller JC, Enriquez A, Yeung C, Chacko S, Foisy M, and Baranchuk A, “Pacemaker Explantation in Patients With Lyme Carditis”, JACC Case Rep, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 613-616, 2022.
Tosato M, Zhang X, and Jianhong W, “A patchy model for tick population dynamics with patch-specific developmental delays”, Math Biosci Eng, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 5329-5360, 2022.
Castellanos M, Verhey TB, Goldstein M, and Chaconas G, “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.
Robinson EL, Jardine CM, Koffi JK, Russell C, Lindsay LR, Dibernardo A, and Clow KM, “Range Expansion of Ixodes scapularis and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ontario, Canada, from 2017 to 2019”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2022.
Wang HV, Pickett LJ, and Faraone N, “Repellent and acaricidal activities of basil (Ocimum basilicum) essential oils and rock dust against Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis ticks”, Exp Appl Acarol, 2022.

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