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.

2022
Title
Clobetasol increases the abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in the skin 70 times more in male mice compared to female mice
Comparative genomic analysis of Babesia duncani responsible for human babesiosis
Comparison of national surveillance systems for Lyme disease in humans in Europe and North America: a policy review
Context-dependent host dispersal and habitat fragmentation determine heterogeneity in infected tick burdens: an agent-based modelling study
Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool
Current and future distribution of Ixodes scapularis ticks in Québec: Field validation of a predictive model
Development of a Simple Trap That Captures Ticks (Acari) on Their Dorsal Surface
Differential detection of tick-borne pathogens in human platelets and whole blood using microfluidic PCR
Disseminated Lyme disease and dilated cardiomyopathy: A systematic review
Early Lyme neuroborreliosis manifesting as brachial plexopathy and meningitis in Northwestern Ontario, Canada: A case report
Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogens in Central Canada: Recent Detections of Babesia odocoilei and Rickettsia rickettsii
Environmentally Sustainable Health Systems in Canada
Epidemiology of ticks submitted from human hosts in Alberta, Canada (2000-2019)
Fluralaner Baits Reduce the Infestation of Peromyscus spp. Mice (Rodentia: Cricetidae) by Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Larvae and Nymphs in a Natural Environment
Highlighting Infranodal Block in Lyme Carditis
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis complicated by hemophagocytic syndrome and coinfection
Improving Widescale Monitoring of Ectoparasite Presence in Northern Canadian Wildlife with the Aid of Citizen Science
Infectious diseases and cognition: do we have to worry?
Lyme borreliosis in pregnancy and associations with parent and offspring health outcomes: An international cross-sectional survey
Lyme disease in a neonate complicated by the Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction
Lyme Disease, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis, Atlantic Canada
Management and clinical outcomes of Lyme disease in acute care facilities in 2 endemic regions of Quebec, Canada: a multicentre retrospective cohort study
Modified Two-Tiered Testing Enzyme Immunoassay Algorithm for Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease
Molecular Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia odocoilei, Babesia species and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Songbirds
Monitoring Trends in Distribution and Seasonality of Medically Important Ticks in North America Using Online Crowdsourced Records from iNaturalist

Pages