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.

2019
Title
Babesia odocoilei and zoonotic pathogens identified from Ixodes scapularis ticks in southern Ontario, Canada
Behavioral responses of Ixodes scapularis tick to natural products: development of novel repellents.
Biologic Markers of Antibiotic-Refractory Lyme Arthritis in Human: A Systematic Review
Changing of the guard: How the Lyme disease spirochete subverts the host immune response
Climate change and infectious diseases: What can we expect?
Clinical presentation of reported Lyme disease cases among children from Quebec (Canada) between 2009-2017
Combatting Lyme disease myths and the “chronic Lyme industry”
Comment on Schillberg, E., et al; Distribution of Ixodes scapularis in Northwestern Ontario: Results from Active and Passive Surveillance Activities in the Northwestern Health Unit Catchment Area. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 2225
Competition Between Strains of Borrelia afzelii in Immature Ixodes ricinus Ticks Is Not Affected by Season
Could Powassan Virus Be Endemic to British Columbia?
Critical diapause portion for oscillations: Parametric trigonometric functions and their applications for Hopf bifurcation analyses
Deconvoluting the diversity of within-host pathogen strains in a multi-locus sequence typing framework
Detection and Transstadial Passage of Babesia Species and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ticks Collected from Avian and Mammalian Hosts in Canada
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

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