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: September 2, 2025.

2014
Title
Two Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains in Ixodes scapularis ticks, Canada.
2013
Title
A novel Rickettsia species detected in Vole Ticks (Ixodes angustus) from Western Canada
Detection of a novel Rickettsia (Alphaproteobacteria: Rickettsiales) in rotund ticks (Ixodes kingi) from Saskatchewan, Canada
Discovery of novel Rickettsiella spp. in ixodid ticks from Western Canada
Range expansion of Dermacentor variabilis and Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) near their northern distributional limits
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on small mammals in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada
2012
Title
Granulocytic anaplasmosis in a horse from Saskatchewan
2011
Title
An assessment of genetic differences among ixodid ticks in a locus within the nuclear large subunit ribosomal RNA gene
Association of different genetic types of Francisella-like organisms with the rocky mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) and the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) in localities near their northern distributional limits
Genetic diversity in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) from six established populations in Canada
Novel genotypes of Anaplasma bovis, "Candidatus Midichloria" sp. and Ignatzschineria sp. in the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni
Ticks feeding on northern pocket gophers (Thomomys talpoides) in central Saskatchewan and the unexpected detection of Ixodes scapularis larvae
2010
Title
Detection of a new Arsenophonus-type bacterium in Canadian populations of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni
Genetic variation in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

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