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.

2012
Title
Widespread Dispersal of Borrelia burgdorferi–Infected Ticks Collected from Songbirds Across Canada
2011
Title
A twist on Lyme: the challenge of diagnosing European Lyme neuroborreliosis
An assessment of genetic differences among ixodid ticks in a locus within the nuclear large subunit ribosomal RNA gene
Association of different genetic types of Francisella-like organisms with the rocky mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) and the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) in localities near their northern distributional limits
Associations between Ixodes scapularis ticks and small mammal hosts in a newly endemic zone in southeastern Canada: Implications for Borrelia burgdorferi transmission.
Genetic diversity in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) from six established populations in Canada
How Big is the Lyme Problem? Using Novel Methods to Estimate the True Number of Lyme Disease Cases in British Columbia Residents from 1997 to 2008
HrpA, a DEAH-Box RNA Helicase, Is Involved in Global Gene Regulation in the Lyme Disease Spirochete
Indigenous Lyme Disease in Quebec.
Investigation of genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in surveillance in Canada.
Lyme Disease in British Columbia: Are we really missing an epidemic?
Novel genotypes of Anaplasma bovis, "Candidatus Midichloria" sp. and Ignatzschineria sp. in the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni
Physician awareness of lyme disease in British Columbia
Population genetics, taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in the South Okanagan, British Columbia: Active surveillance in ticks (Dermacentor andersoni) and deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)
The common shrew (Sorex araneus): a neglected host of tick-borne infections?
Ticks feeding on northern pocket gophers (Thomomys talpoides) in central Saskatchewan and the unexpected detection of Ixodes scapularis larvae
2010
Title
Active and Passive Surveillance and Phylogenetic Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Elucidate the Process of Lyme Disease Risk Emergence in Canada
Babesia (Theileria) annae in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) from Prince Edward Island, Canada
Chronic Lyme Disease in British Columbia: A Review of Strategic and Policy Issues
Detection of a new Arsenophonus-type bacterium in Canadian populations of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni
Detection of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, including three novel genotypes in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from songbirds (Passeriformes) across Canada
Ecological Niche Modeling of Lyme Disease in British Columbia, Canada
Genetic variation in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)
Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii.

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