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.

2016
Title
Evidence of rapid changes in Lyme disease awareness in Canada
Linkages of Weather and Climate With Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae), Enzootic Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi, and Lyme Disease in North America
Response to letter regarding article "How far north are migrant birds transporting the tick Ixodes scapularis in Canada? Insights from stable hydrogen isotope analyses of feathers".
Tele-Epidemiology and Public Health in the Canadian Context
Toll-like receptor cascade and gene polymorphism in host-pathogen interaction in Lyme disease.
2015
Title
Complex population structure of Borrelia burgdorferi in southeastern and south central Canada as revealed by phylogeographic analysis.
Different Ecological Niches for Ticks of Public Health Significance in Canada
Evolutionary aspects of emerging Lyme disease in Canada
How far north are migrant birds transporting the tick Ixodes scapularis in Canada? Insights from stable hydrogen isotope analyses of feathers.
Major emerging vector-borne zoonotic diseases of public health importance in Canada
Methods to Prevent Tick Bites and Lyme Disease.
The increasing risk of Lyme disease in Canada
Tick bites in the Lyme light
2014
Title
Borrelia kurtenbachii sp. nov., a widely distributed member of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex in North America
Climate change and habitat fragmentation drive the occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, at the northeastern limit of its distribution.
Climate change and infectious diseases in the Arctic: establishment of a circumpolar working group.
Estimated Effects of Projected Climate Change on the Basic Reproductive Number of the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes scapularis
The prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and co-infections with other Borrelia spp. in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Canada.
2013
Title
Changing geographic ranges of ticks and tick-borne pathogens: drivers, mechanisms and consequences for pathogen diversity
Developing a temperature-driven map of the basic reproductive number of the emerging tick vector of Lyme disease, Ixodes scapularis, in Canada.
Does high biodiversity reduce the risk of Lyme disease invasion?
Epidemiology and aetiology of encephalitis in Canada, 1994-2008: a case for undiagnosed arboviral agents?
Harvested white-tailed deer as sentinel hosts for early establishing Ixodes scapularis populations and risk from vector-borne zoonoses in Southeastern Canada.
Investigation of the population structure of the tick vector of Lyme disease Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Canada using mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I gene sequences
Multilocus sequence typing of Borrelia burgdorferi suggests existence of lineages with differential pathogenic properties in humans

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