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: February 1, 2023
Found 540 results
, “Comparing Canadian Lyme disease risk area classification methodologies”, Zoonoses Public Health, 2023.
, “Coupled induction of prophage and virulence factors during tick transmission of the Lyme disease spirochete”, Nat Commun, vol. 14, no. 1, 2023.
, “Using Serum Specimens for Real-Time PCR-Based Diagnosis of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, Canada”, Emerg Infect Dis, vol. 29, no. 1, 2023.
, “The added value of One Health surveillance: data from questing ticks can provide an early signal for anaplasmosis outbreaks in animals and humans”, Can J Public Health, 2022.
, “American dog ticks along their expanding range edge in Ontario, Canada”, Sci Rep, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022.
, “Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis Triggered by Lyme Disease”, Can J Neurol Sci, 2022.
, “Assessing the spatial and temporal patterns and risk factors for acquisition of Ixodes spp. by companion animals across Canada”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 14, no. 2, 2022.
, “Babesia microti- induced fulminant sepsis in an immunocompromised host: A case report and the case-specific literature review”, Open Life Sci, vol. 17, no. 1, 2022.
, “Babesia vulpes in a dog from Prince Edward Island, Canada”, Can Vet J, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 589-592, 2022.
, “Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) needles and their essential oil kill overwintering ticks (Ixodes scapularis) at cold temperatures”, Sci Rep, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022.
, “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.
, “Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in Atlantic Canadian wildlife”, PLoS One, vol. 17, no. 1, 2022.
, “Borrelia burgdorferi strain and host sex influence pathogen prevalence and abundance in the tissues of a laboratory rodent host”, Mol Ecol, 2022.
, “Canadian blood suppliers: An expanding role in public health surveillance?”, Can Commun Dis Rep., vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 124-130, 2022.
, “Clobetasol increases the abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in the skin 70 times more in male mice compared to female mice”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 13, no. 6, 2022.
, “Comparative genomic analysis of Babesia duncani responsible for human babesiosis”, BMC Biol., vol. 20, no. 1, 2022.
, “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.
, “Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool”, Front Public Health, vol. 10, 2022.
, “Current and future distribution of Ixodes scapularis ticks in Québec: Field validation of a predictive model”, PLoS One, vol. 17, no. 2, 2022.
, “Development of a Simple Trap That Captures Ticks (Acari) on Their Dorsal Surface”, J Med Entomol, 2022.
, “A diagnostic classifier for gene expression-based identification of early Lyme disease”, Commun Med (Lond), vol. 2, 2022.
, “Differential detection of tick-borne pathogens in human platelets and whole blood using microfluidic PCR”, Acta Trop, 2022.
, “Disseminated Lyme disease and dilated cardiomyopathy: A systematic review”, Trends Cardiovasc Med, 2022.
, “Early Lyme neuroborreliosis manifesting as brachial plexopathy and meningitis in Northwestern Ontario, Canada: A case report”, Medicine (Baltimore), vol. 101, no. 45, 2022.
, “An ecological approach to predict areas with established populations of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec, Canada”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 13, no. 6, 2022.
