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: May 7, 2025.

2025
Title
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
2024
Title
Evaluation of acaricide treatments to experimentally reduce winter tick load on moose
Ixodes scapularis density and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence along a residential-woodland gradient in a region of emerging Lyme disease risk
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
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
Self-reported tick exposure as an indicator of Lyme disease risk in an endemic region of Quebec, Canada
Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks and their associated pathogens in Canada, 2020
2022
Title
An ecological approach to predict areas with established populations of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec, 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
Current and future distribution of Ixodes scapularis ticks in Québec: Field validation of a predictive model
Fluralaner Baits Reduce the Infestation of Peromyscus spp. Mice (Rodentia: Cricetidae) by Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Larvae and Nymphs in a Natural Environment
Sentinel Surveillance Contributes to Tracking Lyme Disease Spatiotemporal Risk Trends in Southern Quebec, Canada
The added value of One Health surveillance: data from questing ticks can provide an early signal for anaplasmosis outbreaks in animals and humans
The utility of a maximum entropy species distribution model for Ixodes scapularis in predicting the public health risk of Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada
Transmission patterns of tick-borne pathogens among birds and rodents in a forested park in southeastern Canada
2021
Title
Fine-scale determinants of the spatiotemporal distribution of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec (Canada)

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