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
Serological survey of canine vector-borne diseases in Saskatchewan, Canada
Suspicious index in Lyme carditis: Construction of a new risk model in the absence of guidelines
Suspicious index in Lyme carditis: Systematic review and proposed new risk score
Systematic Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Carditis and High-Degree Atrioventricular Block
The continued rise of Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada: 2017
Three genetically distinct clades of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes scapularis
Under-Detection of Lyme Disease in Canada
Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of strains of the agent of Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi from Canadian emergence zones.
2017
Title
A Retrospective Cohort Study of Tick Paralysis in British Columbia
A Risk Model for the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Prairie Provinces of Canada
A systematic review and meta-analysis for the adverse effects, immunogenicity and efficacy of Lyme disease vaccines: Guiding novel vaccine development
Analyzing the Potential Risk of Climate Change on Lyme Disease in Eastern Ontario, Canada Using Time Series Remotely Sensed Temperature Data and Tick Population Modelling
Antibody responses to Borrelia burgdorferi detected by western blot vary geographically in Canada
Biochemical characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi's RecA protein
Canine infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, Dirofilaria immitis, Anaplasma spp. and Ehrlichia spp. in Canada, 2013-2014.
Case of Reversible Complete Heart Block
Celebrity over science? An analysis of Lyme disease video content on YouTube
Climate change and vector-borne diseases of public health significance.
Comparison of bacterial 16S rRNA variable regions for microbiome surveys of ticks
Criteria for the prioritization of public health interventions for climate-sensitive vector-borne diseases in Quebec
Current and potential future distribution of the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis, Say) in North America.
Detecting and Attributing Health Burdens to Climate Change
Detection of Borrelia Genomospecies 2 in Ixodes spinipalpis Ticks Collected from a Rabbit in Canada
Detection of Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, in Blacklegged Ticks Collected in the Grand River Valley, Ontario, Canada
Diet-Induced Obesity Does Not Alter Tigecycline Treatment Efficacy in Murine Lyme Disease

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