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Canadian Tick-borne Illness Research
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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: March 25, 2026.

2025
Title
Sexual dimorphism of the Lyme disease bacterium in its tick vector - Abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi is higher in female than male Ixodes scapularis larvae
Validation of newly synthesized sex-determining PCR using immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks
2024
Title
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks
Male C57BL/6J mice have higher presence and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in their ventral skin compared to female mice
2022
Title
Clobetasol increases the abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in the skin 70 times more in male mice compared to female mice
2020
Title
Natural insensitivity and the effects of concentration on the repellency and survival of American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) by DEET
2019
Title
Molecular evidence for the inhibition of cytochrome p450s and cholinesterases in ticks by the repellent DEET