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.

2024
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Male C57BL/6J mice have higher presence and abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in their ventral skin compared to female mice
Mapping Ixodes pacificus and Borrelia burgdorferi Habitat Suitability Under Current and Mid-Century Climate in the Pacific Northwest (BC and WA)
MINNO: An Open Source Software for Refining Metabolic Networks and Investigating Complex Network Activity Using Empirical Metabolomics Data
Models and data used to predict the abundance and distribution of Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged tick) in North America: a scoping review
Molecular Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Borrelia miyamotoi, Babesia odocoilei, Babesia microti and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes Ticks Collected across Canada
Molecular-based laboratory testing confer accuracy over microscopical testing for tick identification
Multiple species of canine Rhipicephalus complex detected in Canada
Neuroinvasion of emerging and re-emerging arboviruses: A scoping review
Novel recombinant vaccinia virus-vectored vaccine affords complete protection against homologous Borrelia burgdorferi infection in mice
Orbital inflammatory disease as a presenting feature of suspected Lyme neuroborreliosis: case report
Outdoor worker knowledge of ticks and Lyme disease in Québec
Passive tick surveillance and detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks from companion animals in British Columbia: 2018 to 2020
Passive tick surveillance and detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks from companion animals in British Columbia: 2018 to 2020
Pathogen presence, prevalence, and diversity in Ixodes scapularis and mammal hosts at their expanding northern range limits
Perinatal transmission of Lyme disease: A qualitative study investigating the research priorities of patients with Lyme disease in pregnancy
Pharmacological studies and pharmacokinetic modelling to support the development of interventions targeting ecological reservoirs of Lyme disease
Powassan Virus Encephalitis after Tick Bite, Manitoba, Canada
Quality over quantity in active tick surveillance: Sentinel surveillance outperforms risk-based surveillance for tracking tick-borne disease emergence in southern Canada
Retrospective validation of a rapid Lyme fluorescent immunoassay in differentiating Lyme arthritis from other musculoskeletal presentations in children in a Lyme-endemic region
Secreted Metabolites from Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, and Borrelia Biofilm: Modulation of Immunogenicity by a Nutraceutical Enzyme and Botanical Blend
Spatial multi-criteria decision analysis for the selection of sentinel regions in tick-borne disease surveillance
Spectrum and Evolution of Movement Disorder Phenomenology in a Pediatric Powassan Encephalitis Case Series
Spectrum and Evolution of Movement Disorder Phenomenology in a Pediatric Powassan Encephalitis Case Series
Structure analysis of the telomere resolvase from the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia garinii reveals functional divergence of its C-terminal domain
Study protocol for a scoping review of Lyme disease prediction methodologies

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