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Lyme Disease in Canada

Canadian Tick-borne Illness Research
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Wachter, J

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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
Borrelia burgdorferi lacking all cp32 prophage plasmids retains full infectivity in mice
2024
Title
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks
Characterization and genomic analysis of the Lyme disease spirochete bacteriophage ϕBB-1
2023
Title
Author Correction: Polyploidy, regular patterning of genome copies, and unusual control of DNA partitioning in the Lyme disease spirochete
Coupled induction of prophage and virulence factors during tick transmission of the Lyme disease spirochete
Variation among strains of Borrelia burgdorferi in host tissue abundance and lifetime transmission determine the population strain structure in nature
2022
Title
Polyploidy, regular patterning of genome copies, and unusual control of DNA partitioning in the Lyme disease spirochete