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: December 15, 2025.

2025
Title
Babesia nucleic acid prevalence among blood donors in southern Québec
2024
Title
The distribution of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes species ticks in Canada: Implications for one health surveillance
2023
Title
Current and future burden from Lyme disease in Québec as a result of climate change
Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks and their associated pathogens in Canada, 2020
2022
Title
Current and future distribution of Ixodes scapularis ticks in Québec: Field validation of a predictive model
Management and clinical outcomes of Lyme disease in acute care facilities in 2 endemic regions of Quebec, Canada: a multicentre retrospective cohort study
2021
Title
Exposure to Tick-Borne Pathogens in Cats and Dogs Infested With Ixodes scapularis in Quebec: An 8-Year Surveillance Study
More than ticking boxes: Training Lyme disease education ambassadors to meet outreach and surveillance challenges in Québec, Canada
Occupations at risk of contracting zoonoses of public health significance in Québec
2020
Title
Sentinel surveillance of Lyme disease risk in Canada, 2019: Results from the first year of the Canadian Lyme Sentinel Network (CaLSeN)
2018
Title
Evidence for increasing densities and geographic ranges of tick species of public health significance other than Ixodes scapularis in Québec, Canada
Multi-Scale Clustering of Lyme Disease Risk at the Expanding Leading Edge of the Range of Ixodes scapularis in Canada
Passive Tick Surveillance Provides an Accurate Early Signal of Emerging Lyme Disease Risk and Human Cases in Southern Canada
2017
Title
Evaluating the submission of digital images as a method of surveillance for Ixodes scapularis ticks
Practices of Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment by general practitioners in Quebec, 2008-2015
2016
Title
Analysis of the human population bitten by Ixodes scapularis ticks in Quebec, Canada: Increasing risk of Lyme disease