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: May 22, 2026.

2020
Title
Molecular Characterization of Haemaphysalis Species and a Molecular Genetic Key for the Identification of Haemaphysalis of North America
Monitoring of Nesting Songbirds Detects Established Population of Blacklegged Ticks and Associated Lyme Disease Endemic Area in Canada
Nanoscale Structure Determination of Murray Valley Encephalitis and Powassan Virus Non-Coding RNAs
Natural insensitivity and the effects of concentration on the repellency and survival of American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) by DEET
Neuropathy Mimicking Dental Pain on a Patient Diagnosed With Lyme Disease
Performance of a Modified Two-Tiered Testing (MTTT) EIA Algorithm for Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in Nova Scotia
Periplasmic Flagellar Export Apparatus Protein, FliH, Is Involved in Post-Transcriptional Regulation of FlaB, Motility and Virulence of the Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia Hermsii
Phase 4 block of the right bundle branch suggesting His-Purkinje system involvement in Lyme carditis
Possible Effects of Climate Change on Ixodid Ticks and the Pathogens They Transmit: Predictions and Observations
Presentation of Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans Rashes on Lyme Disease Patients in Canada
Recent reports of winter tick, Dermacentor albipictus, from dogs and cats in North America
Refining an Approach to Lyme Carditis
Resistance of Tick Gut Microbiome to Anti-Tick Vaccines, Pathogen Infection and Antimicrobial Peptides
Sentinel surveillance of Lyme disease risk in Canada, 2019: Results from the first year of the Canadian Lyme Sentinel Network (CaLSeN)
Serologic Evidence of Arthropod-Borne Virus Infections in Wild and Captive Ruminants in Ontario, Canada
Seroprevalence in Bats and Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in Bat Ectoparasites
Species distribution models for the eastern blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, and the Lyme disease pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, in Ontario, Canada
Strain-specific Joint Invasion and Colonization by Lyme Disease Spirochetes Is Promoted by Outer Surface Protein C
Supercooling Points of Adult Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) From a Population Near the Northern Distribution Limit
Telephone Versus Web Panel National Survey for Monitoring Adoption of Preventive Behaviors to Climate Change in Populations: A Case Study of Lyme Disease in Québec, Canada
Temporal Detection Limits of Remnant Larval Bloodmeals in Nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Say, Ixodida: Ixodidae) Using Two Next-Generation Sequencing DNA Barcoding Assays
The Platelet Fraction Is a Novel Reservoir to Detect Lyme Borrelia in Blood
The Value of the Surface ECG for the Diagnosis and Management of Lyme Carditis
Unleashing the literature: a scoping review of canine zoonotic and vectorborne disease research in Canis familiaris in North America
What was lost, missing, sought and hoped for: Qualitatively exploring medical crowdfunding campaign narratives for Lyme disease

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