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.

2026
Title
Advanced Molecular and Microscopic Diagnostics Suggest Congenital Borrelia Transmission: A Case Report
2025
Title
Epigenetic responses in Borrelia-infected Ixodes scapularis ticks: Over-expression of euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferase 2 and no change in DNA methylation
2024
Title
Changes in the Transcriptome and Long Non-Coding RNAs but Not the Methylome Occur in Human Cells Exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi
Constructing an ELISA for Detection of Anti-Borrelia in Wildlife and Agricultural Animals
Development, Optimization, and Validation of a Quantitative PCR Assay for Borrelia burgdorferi Detection in Tick, Wildlife, and Human Samples
2023
Title
Electrochemical Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Using a Biomimetic Flow Cell System
Establishment and range expansion of Dermacentor variabilis in the northern Maritimes of Canada: Community participatory science documents establishment of an invasive tick species
Profiling disease burden and Borrelia seroprevalence in Canadians with complex and chronic illness
2022
Title
Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in Atlantic Canadian wildlife
Lyme borreliosis in pregnancy and associations with parent and offspring health outcomes: An international cross-sectional survey
2021
Title
Detection of Borrelia spp., Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma phagocytophylum, and Dirofilaria immitis in Eastern Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Nova Scotia, Canada
Monitoring Risk: Tick and Borrelia burgdorferi Public Participatory Surveillance in the Canadian Maritimes, 2012-2020
Patient Lyme disease websites prioritize science; public health websites prioritize consistent messaging-Comment on 'Lyme disease prevention: A content analysis of Canadian patient group and government websites'
2020
Title
Ixodes scapularis ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi on Prince Edward Island: Passive tick surveillance and canine seroprevalence
Knowledge and Knowledge Needs about Lyme Disease among Occupational and Recreational Users of the Outdoors
Lyme Disease Patient Outcomes and Experiences; A Retrospective Cohort Study
2019
Title
Identification of Borrelia bissettii in Ixodes scapularis ticks from New Brunswick, Canada
Parenting When Children Have Lyme Disease: Fear, Frustration, Advocacy
2018
Title
Combining public participatory surveillance and occupancy modelling to predict the distributional response of Ixodes scapularis to climate change
Detecting the lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in ticks using nested PCR
Motivations and Experiences of Canadians Seeking Treatment for Lyme Disease Outside of the Conventional Canadian Health-Care System.
Under-Detection of Lyme Disease in Canada
2017
Title
Comparison of bacterial 16S rRNA variable regions for microbiome surveys of ticks
Evidence for genetic hybridization between Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes cookei
2016
Title
Lyme disease risk in dogs in New Brunswick