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Last updated: November 4, 2025.

2025
Title
Current and future ecological niche of Dermacentor similis Lado (Acari: Ixodidae) in western North America
Current and future ecological niche of Dermacentor similis Lado (Acari: Ixodidae) in western North America
Distribution of Dermacentor andersoni Stiles and Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Acari: Ixodidae) in western Canada based on active surveillance
Environmental sampling for Dermacentor species (Acari: Ixodidae) in southern British Columbia, Canada in May, 2022
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
Spatial and temporal analyses of Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Acari: Ixodidae) in central and eastern Canada
2024
Title
Dermacentor species (Acari: Ixodidae) in western Canada, with detection of Dermacentor similis
Effect of snow cover on the off-host survival of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae
The distribution of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes species ticks in Canada: Implications for one health surveillance
2023
Title
Detection of Ehrlichia minasensis in a female winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) feeding on a moose (Alces alces) in western Canada
Differences in the reproductive output and larval survival of Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni) and American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from prairie populations near their northern distributional limits in western Canada
Effect of snow cover on the off-host survival of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae
2021
Title
Distribution of Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) in Grassland Regions of Alberta, Canada
Reproductive output and larval survival of American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from a population at the northern distributional limit
2020
Title
American Dog Ticks ( Dermacentor variabilis) as Biological Indicators of an Association Between the Enteric Bacterium Moellerella wisconsensis and Striped Skunks ( Mephitis mephitis) in Southwestern Manitoba, Canada
Comparison of Habitat Suitability Models for Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann in North America to Determine Its Potential Geographic Range
Identification of bacteria in the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni, using single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and DNA sequencing
Molecular Characterization of Haemaphysalis Species and a Molecular Genetic Key for the Identification of Haemaphysalis of North America
Sentinel surveillance of Lyme disease risk in Canada, 2019: Results from the first year of the Canadian Lyme Sentinel Network (CaLSeN)
2019
Title
Haemaphysalis longicornis: A tick of considerable veterinary importance, now established in North America
Passive and Active Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Saskatchewan, Canada
2018
Title
Prevalence of Anaplasma bovis in Canadian populations of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni.
2016
Title
Can Subclinical Infestation by Paralyzing Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) Induce Immunity to Tick Paralysis in Sheep?
2013
Title
Range expansion of Dermacentor variabilis and Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) near their northern distributional limits
2011
Title
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

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