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.
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Last updated: Sept 30, 2024
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“Age- and Sex-Specific Differences in Lyme Disease Health-Related Behaviors, Ontario, Canada, 2015-2022”, Emerg Infect Dis., vol. 30, no. 10, 2024.
, “Animal models of Lyme carditis. Understanding how to study a complex disease”, Current Problems in Cardiology, vol. 49, no. 5, 2024.
, “Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato prevalence in Ixodes scapularis from Canada: a thirty-year summary and meta-analysis (1990-2020)”, Acta Trop, 2024.
, “Cascading impacts of overstory structure in managed forests on understory structure, microclimate conditions, and Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) densities”, J Med Entomol, 2024.
, “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.
, “Characterization and genomic analysis of the Lyme disease spirochete bacteriophage ϕBB-1”, BioRxiv, 2024.
, “Collaborative Modeling of the Tick-Borne Disease Social-Ecological System: A Conceptual Framework”, Ecohealth, 2024.
, “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.
, “Constructing an ELISA for Detection of Anti-Borrelia in Wildlife and Agricultural Animals”, Methods Mol Biol., 2024.
, “Draft whole-genome sequences of three Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from Western Canada”, Microbiol Resour Announc, 2024.
, “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.
, “Effect of snow cover on the off-host survival of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae”, J Med Entomol, vol. 61, no. 1, 2024.
, “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.
, “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.
, “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.
, “Harmful and Harmless Soil-Dwelling Fungi Indicate Microhabitat Suitability for Off-Host Ixodid Ticks”, Microorganisms, vol. 12, no. 3, 2024.
, “High-resolution environmental and host-related factors impacting questing Ixodes scapularis at their northern range edge”, Ecol Evol, vol. 14, no. 2, 2024.
, “Human Tick-Borne Diseases and Advances in Anti-Tick Vaccine Approaches: A Comprehensive Review”, Vaccines (Basel), vol. 12, no. 2, 2024.
, “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.
, “Ixodes scapularis density and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence along a residential-woodland gradient in a region of emerging Lyme disease risk”, Sci Rep, vol. 14, 2024.
, “Knowledge, protective behaviours, and perception of Lyme disease in an area of emerging risk: results from a cross-sectional survey of adults in Ottawa, Ontario”, BMC Public Health, vol. 24, no. 1, 2024.
, “Lime for Lyme: Treatment of Leaf Litter with Dolomitic Lime Powder Impairs Activity of Immature Ixodes scapularis Ticks”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2024.
, “Lyme Disease Confirmatory Western Blot Is Redundant for Screen Negative Samples in Low Endemic Areas, British Columbia, Canada”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2024.
, “Male C57BL/6J mice have higher presence and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in their ventral skin compared to female mice”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 15, no. 2, 2024.
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