Canadian Tick-borne Research 2010-Present

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Last updated: December 4, 2024

Found 666 results
2024
Koloski CW, Adam H, Hurry G, Foley-Eby AH, Zinck CB, Wei H, Hansra S, Wachter J, and Voordouw M, “Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks”, Appl Environ Microbil, vol. e0129924, 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.
Nichol GK, Lado P, Snyman L, Dergousoff SJ, Weese JS, Greer AL, and Clow KM, “Dermacentor species (Acari: Ixodidae) in western Canada, with detection of Dermacentor similis”, J Med Entomol, 2024.
Hunter S, Checkley S, Cork SC, Weese JS, and Rothenburger J, “Disease and Mortality in Free-Ranging Leporids in Canada, 1990-2019: A Retrospective Study”, J Wildl Dis, vol. 60, no. 3, 2024.
Guillot C, Pelletier J, Aenishaenslin C, Coatsworth H, Dibernardo A, Koffi JK, Kulkarni MA, Rocheleau JP, Wilson C, Russell C, Nelder M, Badcock J, Carr J, Checkley S, Clow KM, Cooper S, Cork SC, Dumas A, Dergousoff SJ, Faraone N, Fraser E, Graham-Derham S, Irace-Cima A, Iwasawa S, Jenkins E, Leighton P, McKay R, Morshed M, Pelletier R, Ripoche M, Rochon K, Thivierge K, Voordouw M, Ogden NH, and Bouchard C, “The distribution of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes species ticks in Canada: Implications for one health surveillance”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 15, no. 6, 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.
Davidson A, Kelly PH, Davis J, Major M, Moisi JC, and Stark JH, “Historical Summary of Tick and Animal Surveillance Studies for Lyme Disease in Canada, 1975-2023: A Scoping Review”, Zoonoses Public Health, 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.
Gasmi S, Ogden NH, Bourgeois AC, Mitri, M. E., Buck PA, and Koffi JK, “Incidence of hospitalizations related to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases using Discharge Abstract Database, Canada, 2009-2021”, PLoS One, vol. 19, no. 10, 2024.

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