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: November 4, 2025.

2015
Title
Surveillance for Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes Ticks and Small Rodents in British Columbia
The increasing risk of Lyme disease in Canada
Tick bites in the Lyme light
2014
Title
Bill C-442: Shining the Limelight on the Lyme-Like?
Borrelia kurtenbachii sp. nov., a widely distributed member of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex in North America
Climate change and habitat fragmentation drive the occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, at the northeastern limit of its distribution.
Climate change and infectious diseases in the Arctic: establishment of a circumpolar working group.
Comparison of the DNA sequences and secondary structure of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene of Ixodes kingi, Ixodes sculptus and Ixodes angustus
Construction and characterization of a Borrelia burgdorferi strain with conditional expression of the essential telomere resolvase, ResT.
Estimated Effects of Projected Climate Change on the Basic Reproductive Number of the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes scapularis
From Lyme disease emergence to endemicity: a cross sectional comparative study of risk perceptions in different populations.
Genetic variation in the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae).
Geography, deer, and host biodiversity shape the pattern of Lyme disease emergence in the Thousand Islands archipelago of Ontario, Canada
Invariant natural killer T cells act as an extravascular cytotoxic barrier for joint-invading Lyme Borrelia.
Lyme Arthritis: an Emerging Clinical Problem in Nova Scotia, Canada
Mutation scanning-based identification of larval and nymphal ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Richardson's ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii).
People, Pets, and Parasites: One Health Surveillance in Southeastern Saskatchewan
Population-Based Passive Tick Surveillance and Detection of Expanding Foci of Blacklegged Ticks Ixodes scapularis and the Lyme Disease Agent Borrelia burgdorferi in Ontario, Canada
Sequence and secondary structure of the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene of Ixodes scapularis
The Establishment of a Blacklegged Tick Population by Migratory Songbirds in Ontario, Canada.
The first case of locally acquired tick-borne Babesia microti infection in Canada.
The prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and co-infections with other Borrelia spp. in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Canada.
Tick Paralysis in a Snowshoe Hare by Ixodes pacificus Ticks in British Columbia, Canada
Tick seeking assumptions and their implications for Lyme disease predictions
Ticking Time Bomb? Climate Change and Ixodes scapularis

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