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: January 30, 2025.

2025
Title
Environmental sampling for Dermacentor species (Acari: Ixodidae) in southern British Columbia, Canada in May, 2022
Spatial and temporal analyses of Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Acari: Ixodidae) in central and eastern Canada
2024
Title
Dermacentor species (Acari: Ixodidae) in western Canada, with detection of Dermacentor similis
Disease and Mortality in Free-Ranging Leporids in Canada, 1990-2019: A Retrospective Study
2023
Title
Infestation patterns of Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis on dogs and cats across Canada
Isolation and multilocus sequence typing of Borrelia burgdorferi from Ixodes scapularis collected from dogs in Ontario, Canada
2022
Title
Assessing the spatial and temporal patterns and risk factors for acquisition of Ixodes spp. by companion animals across Canada
Spatial patterns of Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia miyamotoi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum detected in Ixodes spp. ticks from Canadian companion animals, 2019-2020
2021
Title
Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Canadian veterinarians with regard to Lyme disease in dogs
Evaluation of 2 ELISAs to determine Borrelia burgdorferi seropositivity in horses over a 12-month period
Seroprevalence and evaluation of risk factors associated with seropositivity for Borrelia burgdorferi in Ontario horses
The application of next-generation sequence-based DNA barcoding for bloodmeal detection in host-seeking wild-caught Ixodes scapularis nymphs
2020
Title
Temporal Detection Limits of Remnant Larval Bloodmeals in Nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Say, Ixodida: Ixodidae) Using Two Next-Generation Sequencing DNA Barcoding Assays
2019
Title
Occurrence and distribution of Ambylomma americanum as determined by passive surveillance in Ontario, Canada (1999-2016).
Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma spp., Ehrlichia spp. and Dirofilaria immitis in Canadian dogs, 2008 to 2015: a repeat cross-sectional study.
2017
Title
Microbiota of field-collected Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis from eastern and southern Ontario, Canada