Canadian Tick-borne Research 2010-Present

Please note that while summaries of the journal articles listed below are fairly universally accessible by members of the public, full text access often (though not always) requires a fee and/or account.

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Last updated: July 4, 2022

Found 506 results
2022
Guillot C, Bouchard C, Buhler K, Dumas A, Milord F, Ripoche M, R, P., and Leighton PA, “Sentinel Surveillance Contributes to Tracking Lyme Disease Spatiotemporal Risk Trends in Southern Quebec, Canada”, Pathogens, vol. 11, no. 5, 2022.
Slatculescu AM, Duguay C, Ogden NH, Sander B, Desjardins M, Cameron DW, and Kulkarni MA, “Spatiotemporal trends and socioecological factors associated with Lyme disease in eastern Ontario, Canada from 2010-2017”, BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022.
Fellin E and Schulte-Hostedde A, “Tick infestation effects on haemoglobin levels of deer mice ( Peromyscus maniculatus)”, Parasitology, vol. 149, no. 2, pp. 209-217, 2022.
Dumas A, Bouchard C, Dibernardo A, Drapeau P, Lindsay LR, Ogden NH, and Leighton PA, “Transmission patterns of tick-borne pathogens among birds and rodents in a forested park in southeastern Canada”, PLoS One, vol. 17, no. 4, 2022.
Burrows H, Slatculescu AM, Feng CX, Clow KM, Guillot C, Jardine CM, Leighton PA, Krause PJ, and Kulkarni MA, “The utility of a maximum entropy species distribution model for Ixodes scapularis in predicting the public health risk of Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 13, no. 5, 2022.
Maitre A, Wu-Chuang A, Azelyte J, Palinauskas V, Mateos-Hernandez L, Obregon D, Hodzic A, Valiente Morro C, Estrada-Pena A, Paoli JC, Falchi A, and Cabezas-Cruz A, “Vector microbiota manipulation by host antibodies: the forgotten strategy to develop transmission-blocking vaccines”, Parasit Vectors, vol. 15, no. 1, 2022.
Tan X, Lin YP, Pereira MJ, Castellanos M, Hahn BL, Anderson P, Coburn J, Leong J, and Chaconas G, “VlsE, the nexus for antigenic variation of the Lyme disease spirochete, also mediates early bacterial attachment to the host microvasculature under shear force”, PLos Pathogen, vol. 18, no. 5, 2022.
2021
Mateos-Hernandez L, Obregon D, Wu-Chuang A, Maybe J, Borneres J, Versille N, de la Fuente J, Diaz-Sanchez S, Bermudez-Humaran LG, Torres-Maravilla E, Estrada-Pena A, Hodzic A, Simo L, and Cabezas-Cruz A, “Anti-Microbiota Vaccines Modulate the Tick Microbiome in a Taxon-Specific Manner”, Front Immunol., vol. 12, 2021.
Lumsden G, Zakharov EV, Dolynskyj S, Weese JS, Lindsay LR, and Jardine CM, “The application of next-generation sequence-based DNA barcoding for bloodmeal detection in host-seeking wild-caught Ixodes scapularis nymphs”, BMC Res Notes, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 67, 2021.
Nichol GK, Weese JS, Evason M, and Clow KM, “Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Canadian veterinarians with regard to Lyme disease in dogs”, J Vet Intern Med, vol. 35, pp. 294-302, 2021.
Vinocur JM and Baranchuk A, “Author's Reply-Phase-4 RBBB in Lyme carditis?”, HeartRhythm Case Rep., vol. 7, no. 7, 2021.
Yang J, Smith C, and Batted A, “Babesia microti acquired in Canada”, CMAJ, vol. 193, no. 31, 2021.
Drews SJ, Caeseele PV, Bullard JM, Lindsay LR, Gaziano T, Zeller MP, Lane D, Momar N, Allen VG, Boggild AK, O'Brien SF, Marko D, Musuka C, Almiski M, and Bigham M, “Babesia microti in a Canadian blood donor and lookback in a red blood cell recipient”, Vox Sang ., 2021.
Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, Bockenstedt LK, Falck-Ytter YT, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Auwaerter PG, Baldwin K, Bannuru RR, Belani KK, Bowie W, Branda JA, Clifford DB, DiMario FJ, Halperin JJ, Krause PJ, Lavergne V, Liang MH, Meissner HC, Nigrovic LE, Nocton JJ, Osani MC, Pruitt AA, Rips JG, Rosenfeld LE, Savoy ML, Sood SK, Steere AC, Strle F, Sundel R, Tsao JI, Vaysbrot EE, Wormser GP, and Zemel LS, “Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease”, Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2021.
Krause PJ, Auwaerter PG, Bannuru RR, Branda JA, Falck-Ytter YT, Lantos PM, Lavergne V, Meissner HC, Osani MC, Rips JG, Sood SK, Vannier E, Vaysbrot EE, and Wormser GP, “Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2020 Guideline on Diagnosis and Management of Babesiosis”, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 185-189, 2021.
Talbot B, Kulkarni MA, and Colautti RI, “Convergence Research for Emerging Zoonoses”, Trends Parasitol., 2021.
Ginsberg HS, Hickling GJ, Burke RL, Ogden NH, Beati L, LeBrun RA, Arsnoe IM, Gerhold R, Han S, Jackson K, Maestas L, Moody T, Pang G, Ross B, Rulison EL, and Tsao JI, “Correction: Why Lyme disease is common in the northern US, but rare in the south: The roles of host choice, host-seeking behavior, and tick density”, PLoS Biol, vol. 19, no. 9, 2021.
Wu-Chuang A, Hodzic A, Mateos-Hernandez L, Estrada-Pena A, Obregon D, and Cabezas-Cruz A, “Current debates and advances in tick microbiome research”, Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases, vol. 1, 2021.
Middelveen MJ, Haggblad JS, Lewis J, Robichaud GA, Martinez RM, Shah JS, Du Cruz I, Fesler MC, and Stricker RB, “Dermatological and Genital Manifestations of Lyme Disease Including Morgellons Disease”, Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol., vol. 14, pp. 425-436, 2021.
Scott JD and Pesapane RR, “Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia odocoilei, Babesia sp., Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, and Hepatozoon canis in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected in Eastern Canada”, Pathogens, vol. 10, no. 10, 2021.

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