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 31, 2025.

2018
Title
Clinical manifestations of reported Lyme disease cases in Ontario, Canada: 2005-2014
Clinical presentation of Lyme disease in the higher-risk region of Quebec: a retrospective descriptive study
Combining public participatory surveillance and occupancy modelling to predict the distributional response of Ixodes scapularis to climate change
Competition between strains of Borrelia afzelii inside the rodent host and the tick vector
Detecting the lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in ticks using nested PCR
Detection of tick-borne infection in Morgellons disease patients by serological and molecular techniques
Distribution of Ixodes scapularis in Northwestern Ontario: Results from Active and Passive Surveillance Activities in the Northwestern Health Unit Catchment Area
Dogs (Canis familiaris) as Sentinels for Human Infectious Disease and Application to Canadian Populations: A Systematic Review
Effective surveillance systems for vector-borne diseases in urban settings and translation of the data into action: a scoping review.
En Face OCT in Lyme Uveitis
Evidence for an effect of landscape connectivity on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto dispersion in a zone of range expansion
Evidence for Geographic Variation in Life-Cycle Processes Affecting Phenology of the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States
Evidence for increasing densities and geographic ranges of tick species of public health significance other than Ixodes scapularis in Québec, Canada
Exposure to Rats and Rat-Associated Leptospira and Bartonella Species Among People Who Use Drugs in an Impoverished, Inner-City Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada.
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?

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