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 the details. Please note that while summaries of the journal articles listed below are fairly universally accessible by the public, full text access often requires a fee and/or account.

Last updated: June 1, 2025.

2025
Title
Acute Febrile Illness Accompanied by 7th and 12th Cranial Nerve Palsy Due to Lyme Disease Following Travel to Rural Ecuador: A Case Report and Mini-Review
Borrelia burgdorferi lacking all cp32 prophage plasmids retains full infectivity in mice
Borrelia burgdorferi Strain-Specific Differences in Mouse Infectivity and Pathology
Corrigendum to “Rodent-targeted fluralaner baiting reduces the density of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected questing Ixodes scapularis ticks in a peri-urban setting in southern Canada” [Ticks Tick Borne Dis 16(2);2025 102467]
Early disseminated cutaneous Lyme disease with SIADH, transaminitis, and pancytopenia: A case report
Environmental sampling for Dermacentor species (Acari: Ixodidae) in southern British Columbia, Canada in May, 2022
First report of the deer ked, Lipoptena cervi, and associated pathogens in southern Québec, Canada
Framework for Primary Prevention of Emerging Climate-Sensitive Diseases through the Lens of Planetary Health: The Case of Lyme Disease in Canada and Quebec
Genetic diversity and phylogeographic relationships of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) within an established population in southern Manitoba (Canada), and the prevalence of Rickettsia montanensis and Francisella-like endosymbionts
Genome sequences of four Ixodes species expands understanding of tick evolution
Historical Summary of Tick and Animal Surveillance Studies for Lyme Disease in Canada, 1975-2023: A Scoping Review
Increased Recognition of Human Anaplasmosis, Ontario, Canada, 2021
Lyme Carditis Presenting As Idiopathic Myocarditis: Prompt Empirical Treatment Despite Negative Serology
Molecular-based laboratory testing confer accuracy over microscopical testing for tick identification
Of Lyme disease and machine learning in a One Health world
Perspective: Incidence of Clinician-Diagnosed Lyme Disease in Manitoba, Canada 2009-2018
Recurrent Atrioventricular Block and Pacemaker Implant in a Properly Treated Lyme Carditis Patient
Rodent-targeted fluralaner baiting reduces the density of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected questing Ixodes scapularis ticks in a peri-urban setting in southern Canada
Spatial and temporal analyses of Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Acari: Ixodidae) in central and eastern Canada
Transendothelial migration of the Lyme disease spirochete involves spirochete internalization as an intermediate step through a transcellular pathway that involves Cdc42 and Rac1
Understanding the perspectives, experiences, beliefs, and knowledge of health care practitioners on the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease in Canada
2024
Title
A scoping review of applied tick control research in North America: funding, implementation, and advancement
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks
Age- and Sex-Specific Differences in Lyme Disease Health-Related Behaviors, Ontario, Canada, 2015-2022
An update and review of arthropod vector sensory systems: Potential targets for behavioural manipulation by parasites and other disease agents

Pages