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 4, 2025.

2019
Title
Detection of 'Candidatus Ehrlichia khabarensis' in rodents and ticks removed from rodents in British Columbia, Canada.
Detection of municipalities at-risk of Lyme disease using passive surveillance of Ixodes scapularis as an early signal: A province-specific indicator in Canada.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Carditis: JACC Review Topic of the Week
Distinction between Borrelia and Borreliella is more robustly supported by molecular and phenotypic characteristics than all other neighbouring prokaryotic genera: Response to Margos' et al. "The genus Borrelia reloaded" (PLoS ONE 13(12): e0208432)
Diversity of Babesia spp. in cervid ungulates based on the 18S rDNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I phylogenies
Early Disseminated Lyme Disease in a 15-Year-Old Male
Efficacy of Borrelia burgdorferi vaccine in dogs in North America: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Emerging infectious diseases and biological invasions: a call for a One Health collaboration in science and management
Erosive Vulvovaginitis Associated With Borrelia burgdorferi Infection
Estimating direct healthcare costs attributable to laboratory‐confirmed Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada: A population‐based matched cohort study using health administrative data
Factors Leading Municipal Authorities to Implement Preventive Interventions for Lyme Disease.
Genetic diversity of Borrelia garinii from Ixodes uriae collected in seabird colonies of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean
Haemaphysalis longicornis: A tick of considerable veterinary importance, now established in North America
Health Survey of boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in northeastern British Columbia, Canada
Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick‐borne bacterial pathogen
Identification of Borrelia bissettii in Ixodes scapularis ticks from New Brunswick, Canada
Immunogenicity of the Lyme disease antigen OspA, particleized by cobalt porphyrin-phospholipid liposomes
Increased risk of tick-borne diseases with climate and environmental changes
International survey on the impact of parasitic infections: frequency of transmission and current mitigation strategies
Landscape determinants of density of blacklegged ticks, vectors of Lyme disease, at the northern edge of their distribution in Canada.
Local abundance of Ixodes scapularis in forests: Effects of environmental moisture, vegetation characteristics, and host abundance
Long-term sequelae and health-related quality-of-life associated with Lyme disease: A systematic review
Lyme carditis atrioventricular block: management strategies
Lyme Disease Emergence after Invasion of the Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis, Ontario, Canada, 2010-2016
Lyme Disease Frontiers: Reconciling Borrelia Biology and Clinical Conundrums

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