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: June 28, 2021

Found 451 results
2021
Burrows H, Talbot B, McKay R, Slatculescu AM, Logan JJ, Thickstun C, Lindsay LR, Dibernardo A, Koffi JK, Ogden NH, and Kulkarni MA, “A multi-year assessment of blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) population establishment and Lyme disease risk areas in Ottawa, Canada, 2017-2019”, PLoS One, vol. 16, no. 2, 2021.
Dersch R and Singh AE, “Neurosyphilis and Lyme neuroborreliosis”, Curr Opin Neurol, 2021.
Adam-Poupart A, Drapeau LM, Bekal S, Germain G, Irace-Cima A, Sassine MP, Simon A, Soto J, Thivierge K, and Tissot F, “Occupations at risk of contracting zoonoses of public health significance in Québec”, Can Commun Dis Rep., vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 47-58, 2021.
Banovic P, Diaz-Sanchez AA, Galon C, Foucault-Simonin A, Simin V, Mijatovic D, Papic L, Wu-Chuang A, Obregon D, Moutailler S, and Cabezas-Cruz A, “A One Health approach to study the circulation of tick-borne pathogens: A preliminary study”, One Health, vol. 13, 2021.
Morshed MG, Lee MK, Boyd E, Mak S, Fraser E, Nguyen J, Dykstra EA, Otterstater M, Henry B, and Galanis E, “Passive Tick Surveillance and Detection of Borrelia Species in Ticks from British Columbia, Canada: 2002-2018”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2021.
Lloyd VK, Cox M, Bailey J, and Roy C, “Patient Lyme disease websites prioritize science; public health websites prioritize consistent messaging-Comment on 'Lyme disease prevention: A content analysis of Canadian patient group and government websites'”, Zoonoses Public Health, 2021.
Cameron L, Rocque R, Penner K, and Mauro I, “Public perceptions of Lyme disease and climate change in southern Manitoba, Canada: making a case for strategic decoupling of climate and health messages”, BMC Public Health, vol. 21, 2021.
Diyes CP, Dergousoff SJ, Yunik ME, and Chilton NB, “Reproductive output and larval survival of American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from a population at the northern distributional limit”, Exp Appl Acarol, 2021.
Nury C, Blais MC, and Arsenault J, “Risk of transmittable blood-borne pathogens in blood units from blood donor dogs in Canada”, J Vet Intern Med, 2021.
Neely M, Arroyo LG, Jardine CM, Moore A, Hazlett M, Clow KM, Archer H, and Weese JS, “Seroprevalence and evaluation of risk factors associated with seropositivity for Borrelia burgdorferi in Ontario horses”, Equine Vet, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 331-338, 2021.
McGrath SL, Huang SH, and Kobryn K, “Single stranded DNA annealing is a conserved activity of telomere resolvases”, PLoS One, vol. 16, no. 2, 2021.
Zhang X and Wu X, “Synchronized Tick Population Oscillations Driven by Host Mobility and Spatially Heterogeneous Developmental Delays Combined”, Bull Math Biol., vol. 83, no. 6, 2021.
Lumsden G, Zakharov EV, Dolynskyj S, Weese JS, Lindsay LR, and Jardine CM, “Temporal Detection Limits of Remnant Larval Bloodmeals in Nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Say, Ixodida: Ixodidae) Using Two Next-Generation Sequencing DNA Barcoding Assays”, J Med Entomol., vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 821-829, 2021.
Young I, Prematunge C, Pussegoda K, Corrin T, and Waddell LA, “Tick exposures and alpha-gal syndrome: A systematic review of the evidence”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 12, no. 3, p. 101674, 2021.
2020
Myette RL, Webber J, Mikhail H, and Keifso K, “A 4-year-old boy with ataxia and aphasia”, CMAJ, vol. 192, no. 21, pp. E578-E582, 2020.
Yeung C, Hopman WM, and Baranchuk A, “About Modeling Long-Term Cardiac Manifestations of Lyme Disease”, Am J Cardiol., vol. S0002-9149, no. 20, pp. 30346-5, 2020.
Chilton NB, Dergousoff SJ, Brzezowska V, Trost CN, and Dunlop DR, “American Dog Ticks ( Dermacentor variabilis) as Biological Indicators of an Association Between the Enteric Bacterium Moellerella wisconsensis and Striped Skunks ( Mephitis mephitis) in Southwestern Manitoba, Canada”, J Wildl Dis., vol. 2020, 2020.
Badmalia MD, Siddiqui MQ, Mrozowich T, Gemmill DL, and Patel TR, “Analytical ultracentrifuge: an ideal tool for characterization of non-coding RNAs”, Eur Biophys J ., vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 809-818, 2020.
Hatke AL, Green DR, Stasiak K, and Marconi RT, “Antibody profiling of a Borreliella burgdorferi (Lyme disease) C6 antibody positive, symptomatic Rottweiler and her pups”, The Veterinary Journal, vol. 262, 2020.
Tosato M, Nah K, and Wu J, “Are host control strategies effective to eradicate tick-borne diseases (TBD)?”, Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 508, 2020.

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Tick being held by tweezers Amblyomma americanum Tick in a vial Tick on blade of grass Tick displayed on finger Dermacentor andersoni