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.

2018
Title
Extensive Distribution of the Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, in Multiple Tick Species Parasitizing Avian and Mammalian Hosts across Canada
Far-Reaching Dispersal of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato-Infected Blacklegged Ticks by Migratory Songbirds in Canada.
Granulocytic anaplasmosis in 2 dogs from Quebec
High Seroprevalence of Jamestown Canyon Virus among Deer and Humans, Nova Scotia, Canada.
High-Resolution Ecological Niche Modeling of Ixodes scapularis Ticks Based on Passive Surveillance Data at the Northern Frontier of Lyme Disease Emergence in North America
Higher Sensitivity of the recomLine Borrelia IgG Immunoblot Kit than of the Standard Lyme IgG Immunoblot Kit According to CDC Testing Criteria
Human Babesiosis Caused by Babesia duncani Has Widespread Distribution across Canada.
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis acquired from a blacklegged tick in Ontario
Integrated Social-Behavioral and Ecological Risk Maps to Prioritize Local Public Health Responses to Lyme Disease.
Ixodes scapularis tick distribution and infection rates in Ottawa, Ontario, 2017
Lyme borreliosis as a trigger for NMDA receptor encephalitis?
Lyme Carditis and High-Degree Atrioventricular Block
Lyme disease presenting with multiple cranial neuropathies on MRI
Lyme Disease Presenting With Raeder Syndrome
Lyme Disease Propelled by Borrelia burgdorferi-Infected Blacklegged Ticks, Wild Birds and Public Awareness - Not Climate Change
Motivations and Experiences of Canadians Seeking Treatment for Lyme Disease Outside of the Conventional Canadian Health-Care System.
Multi-Scale Clustering of Lyme Disease Risk at the Expanding Leading Edge of the Range of Ixodes scapularis in Canada
Passive Tick Surveillance Provides an Accurate Early Signal of Emerging Lyme Disease Risk and Human Cases in Southern Canada
Persistent Borrelia Infection in Patients with Ongoing Symptoms of Lyme Disease
Powassan virus - an emerging public health concern.
Powassan Virus and Other Arthropod-Borne Viruses in Wildlife and Ticks in Ontario, Canada.
Powassan virus, a scoping review of the global evidence
Prevalence of Anaplasma bovis in Canadian populations of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni.
Risk factors associated with seropositivity to California serogroup viruses in humans and pet dogs, Quebec, Canada.
Risk factors associated with the carriage of Ixodes scapularis relative to other tick species in a population of pet dogs from southeastern Ontario, Canada

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