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: December 15, 2025.

2025
Title
'You adapt, and you try not to resent it': a qualitative study exploring impacts of living with ticks and barriers to adopting preventive measures in Canada
A machine learning framework for estimating the probability of blacklegged tick population establishment in eastern Canada using Earth observation data
A systematic review of the effectiveness and utility of Lyme disease prevention measures in Canada, the United States, and Europe
Corrigendum to "Various small mammal hosts are involved in the transmission cycle of zoonotic Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Southeastern Canada" [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2025) Volume 16, Issue 6]
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”
First report of the deer ked, Lipoptena cervi, and associated pathogens in southern Québec, Canada
Rodent-targeted fluralaner baiting reduces the density of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected questing Ixodes scapularis ticks in a peri-urban setting in southern Canada
Various small mammal hosts are involved in the transmission cycle of zoonotic Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Southeastern Canada
2024
Title
Lime for Lyme: Treatment of Leaf Litter with Dolomitic Lime Powder Impairs Activity of Immature Ixodes scapularis Ticks
Pharmacological studies and pharmacokinetic modelling to support the development of interventions targeting ecological reservoirs of Lyme disease
Quality over quantity in active tick surveillance: Sentinel surveillance outperforms risk-based surveillance for tracking tick-borne disease emergence in southern Canada
Spatial multi-criteria decision analysis for the selection of sentinel regions in tick-borne disease surveillance
The distribution of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes species ticks in Canada: Implications for one health surveillance
The effect of fluralaner treatment of small mammals on the endemic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi in a natural environment
The risk of contact between visitors and Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks is associated with fine-scale landscape features in a southeastern Canadian nature park
2023
Title
Current and future burden from Lyme disease in Québec as a result of climate change
Evaluation of a community-based One Health intervention to reduce the risk of Lyme disease in a high-incidence municipality
Integrated human behavior and tick risk maps to prioritize Lyme disease interventions using a 'One Health' approach
Preventing Lyme disease through identification of key beliefs
Self-reported tick exposure as an indicator of Lyme disease risk in an endemic region of Quebec, Canada
Variation among strains of Borrelia burgdorferi in host tissue abundance and lifetime transmission determine the population strain structure in nature
2022
Title
An ecological approach to predict areas with established populations of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec, Canada
Behavioral risk factors associated with reported tick exposure in a Lyme disease high incidence region in Canada
Context-dependent host dispersal and habitat fragmentation determine heterogeneity in infected tick burdens: an agent-based modelling study
Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool

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