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.

2024
Title
Adaptive immunity in Mus musculus influences the acquisition and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks
2023
Title
Variation among strains of Borrelia burgdorferi in host tissue abundance and lifetime transmission determine the population strain structure in nature
2022
Title
Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in Atlantic Canadian wildlife
Borrelia burgdorferi strain and host sex influence pathogen prevalence and abundance in the tissues of a laboratory rodent host
Clobetasol increases the abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in the skin 70 times more in male mice compared to female mice
2021
Title
Detection of Borrelia spp., Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma phagocytophylum, and Dirofilaria immitis in Eastern Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Nova Scotia, Canada