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: January 30, 2026.

2017
Title
Exposure and preventive behaviours toward ticks and Lyme disease in Canada: Results from a first national survey.
First record of locally acquired human babesiosis in Canada caused by Babesia duncani: a case report
Human seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Manitoba, Canada, in 2011-2014: a cross-sectional study.
Identification of Tp0751 (Pallilysin) as a Treponema pallidum Vascular Adhesin by Heterologous Expression in the Lyme disease Spirochete.
Life Cycle of Dermacentor everestianus Hirst, 1926 (Acari: Ixodidae) under Laboratory Conditions.
Liver microbiome of Peromyscus leucopus, a key reservoir host species for emerging infectious diseases in North America
Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, Detected in Multiple Tick Species at Kenora, Ontario, Canada
Lyme disease ecology in a changing world: consensus, uncertainty and critical gaps for improving control
Lyme disease vs Baggio-Yoshinari syndrome in a returned traveller from Brazil
Microbiota of field-collected Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis from eastern and southern Ontario, Canada
Modeling Lyme disease transmission
Northern Trek: The Spread of Ixodes scapularis into Canada
Northward range expansion of Ixodes scapularis evident over a short timescale in Ontario, Canada
Plasma fibronectin stabilizes Borrelia burgdorferi-endothelial interactions under vascular shear stress by a catch-bond mechanism
Practices of Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment by general practitioners in Quebec, 2008-2015
RNA-Seq Analysis of Gene Expression, Viral Pathogen, and B-Cell/T-Cell Receptor Signatures in Complex Chronic Disease.
Snowshoe Hare Virus Causing Meningoencephalitis in a Young Adult From Northern Manitoba, Canada
Surveillance for Lyme disease in Canada: 2009-2015
Synopsis: Lyme Disease in Canada - A Federal Framework
The influence of abiotic and biotic factors on the invasion of Ixodes scapularis in Ontario, Canada
The Potential of Omics Technologies in Lyme Disease Biomarker Discovery and Early Detection
The Seasonal Timing of Snowshoe Hare Virus Transmission on the Island of Newfoundland, Canada
There is inadequate evidence to support the division of the genus Borrelia
Tick paralysis
2016
Title
A Dynamic Population Model to Investigate Effects of Climate and Climate-Independent Factors on the Lifecycle of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae)

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